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Change X and Y axis labels manually, similar to Excel

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Jake Carville on 08 Jun 2016 20:01:23

I think you should be able to type whatever you want into the X and Y axis to make up the title for them.
This seems like a simple feature and works really well in Excel.

When I have multiple fields in a chart the axis is long and ugly, where a simple edit should be available to shorten this down.

Administrator on 05 Apr 2017 07:01:08

This feature is now available in the April release of Power BI Desktop. Learn more here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-april-feature-summary/ Enjoy!

Comments (37)

Comments (37)

Mika Laiti on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:12

RE: Change X and Y axis labels manually, similar to Excel

but why not directly from the visual itself?
also, one could have a table of all the text in the visual for whole report

Jake on 05 Jul 2020 22:45:34

RE: Change X and Y axis labels manually, similar to Excel

Exactly as I requested, thanks guys! :)

Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:41:07

RE: Change X and Y axis labels manually, similar to Excel

This also should apply to tables and matrixes. Often I make a stack of measures just for displaying in a matrix, would be much easier to rename on the visual

Dan Day on 05 Jul 2020 22:41:05

RE: Change X and Y axis labels manually, similar to Excel

brilliant, thanks for letting us know Amanda

John J on 05 Jul 2020 22:40:51

RE: Change X and Y axis labels manually, similar to Excel

Excelente!

Seb on 05 Jul 2020 22:40:50

RE: Change X and Y axis labels manually, similar to Excel

Fantastic... Really looking forward to this feature

Jake on 05 Jul 2020 22:40:50

RE: Change X and Y axis labels manually, similar to Excel

Excellent news, can't wait to use this feature

Jake on 05 Jul 2020 22:40:33

RE: Change X and Y axis labels manually, similar to Excel

Any update on this Power BI team?

Lenihan on 05 Jul 2020 22:39:55

RE: Change X and Y axis labels manually, similar to Excel

Would love to see this functionality.

Eric Anderson on 05 Jul 2020 22:39:36

RE: Change X and Y axis labels manually, similar to Excel

With respect, the fact that Power BI could miss/forget/ignore a feature that is so obviously required in a visualization tool induces a lot of doubt in the product. Fix immediately.