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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!

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Jeff Belt on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:13

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It would also be useful if the label on pie charts etc. could include the %age, so you do have to hover over each slice of the pie.

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Eric Hutton on 05 Jul 2020 22:32:15

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As Joost says, all text on a visual should be editable - you should be able to edit how the name of a measure appears on a report, and have it just affect the appearance on that report.

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Jake on 05 Jul 2020 22:31:30

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Power BI team, is there any update on this? This idea has been in the top 10 hot ideas for nearly 3 months. Keep up the good work.

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Stephane PAPAIX on 05 Jul 2020 22:31:18

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In visuals (like stacked column chart) by able to modify the x-axis and y-axis title with "static text", and also to provide the tile through a formula (to request the title in aTable for example).

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Joost ten Kattelaar on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:34

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Not only the x and y labels, but actually all fields should be able to be renamed for a visual..

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Elena Chumpitaz on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:32

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Yes! That would be really helpfull!

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Jon Birger Haug on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:06

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Yes please, to change the font size (and colour) of both x- and y-axis labels would be much appreciated. Without it, the quality of reports is much lower than it need be, if only this simple feature could be implemented (soon, please!).

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Seb on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:27

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Yes please. Excel charting is much more flexible and customisable. Even being able to choose a second time series to go to a second y axis is missing in power bi which is very annoying

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Tam Nguyen on 05 Jul 2020 22:27:23

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We also need to change axis label size and color to make them more visible.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:27:15

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Agree!