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Lock a horizontal / vertical line to a value on the x / y axis

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on 22 Feb 2018 02:49:19

Okay. Currently I have a line chart. The x axis represents the number of weeks in the year. I also have a line visual "behind' that chart to reflect different parts of the year that are important. Depending on the user's selections the x values can (and do change).

It would be cool if there were a way to "lock' that line visual to a specific value on the x axis so that when the values on the axis shift the line shifts as well.

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Jonathan Schlereth on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:17

RE: Lock a horizontal / vertical line to a value on the x / y axis

Rory, Unfortunately for our purposes we have to use a trend line, a bar chart is simply not an option. But thanks for posting the similar ideas.

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Rory on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:13

RE: Lock a horizontal / vertical line to a value on the x / y axis

One way to work around this currently is to use a line and column chart. For horizontal lines, create a line that just has constant values. For vertical lines, create a column series that just has suitably tall columns where you want the vertical lines. But yes, reference lines would be nice. Similar ideas: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/19550122-vertical-reference-lines-on-the-x-axis https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/16473766-attach-drawn-lines-to-point-on-visualization