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    Set transparency for colors in Power BI

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    Krishna Sankar on 10 Aug 2015 09:12:15

    Being able to set transparency for Colors. RGBA or equivalent is extremely critical visualization tool. This is very helpful when you want to layer visualizations on top of each other. Ex. Layer an image on top of a text box. Layer different parts of an area chart. Layer a combo chart. This is a basic

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    Mark on 06 Jul 2020 00:12:18

    RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

    Need this please - very useful for layering visuals as others have mentioned

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    Christian on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:50

    RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

    BUMP. This is important so that you can layer some visuals it should be an easy fix. Just make the option of transparency for basic visuals like bar charts etc.

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    Kashif on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:39

    RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

    how come this is not possible by now? is this being watched by MS?

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    Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:09:18

    RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

    How is this not possible by now? :O

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    Chandrika Prajapati on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:41

    RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

    PLEASE PLEASE?

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    Jamie on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:15

    RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

    Five years is a long time for this basic request to be hanging out here...any official response or plan?

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    Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:17

    RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

    This is very much required.

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    Peter Nicholas on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:03

    RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

    Agree, or allow 8 character hex codes so we can set transparency.

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    Urs Mächler on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:04

    RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

    such a simple step ... just do it!

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    Kevin Townsley on 06 Jul 2020 00:02:18

    RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

    I'm very disappointed that this isn't an option. This would allow me to make my visuals so much more informative... Get your **** together.