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    Axis with configurable units (/Interval)

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    Benny van Heugten on 20 Jul 2016 19:33:24

    Configurable option of Units (Interval) for the axis in a graph. Now PowerBI automatically choices to units between values on the size of the graph and the data. As an example with a small graph and values ranging from minus -200 and +400 the unit PowerBI choices to use is 200. In this example data becomes hard to understand. If there is an option to set a unit on the axis, we could improve visibility if the automatic one doesn’t fill the needs. In the example we could set the unit of the y-axis to 50, this will increase the number of values on the y-axis.

    Maybe the number of labels will increase on the y-axis and not enough space to put them. So I can imagine design team wants to make the label part dynamic? But the graph axis lines based on the value put.

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    Nandha on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:08

    RE: Axis with configurable units (/Interval)

    Please add this functionality to the tool as this is basic functionality

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    VG on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:05

    RE: Axis with configurable units (/Interval)

    please add this very, very basic feature

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    Alyssa Montgomery on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:35

    RE: Axis with configurable units (/Interval)

    Yes, please. This would help so much.

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    Jordan Wilkerson on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:13

    RE: Axis with configurable units (/Interval)

    really?! still no custom interval for axes?
    please please please.
    i deal in 24 hr cycles regularly and want to show 6,12,18,24 labels not 1,5,10,15,20

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    ata on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:58

    RE: Axis with configurable units (/Interval)

    needed desperately

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    Abneet Behera on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:31

    RE: Axis with configurable units (/Interval)

    add this feature to power bi, ASAP

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    Jay on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:38

    RE: Axis with configurable units (/Interval)

    Please add this feature.

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    Philip Bowen on 06 Jul 2020 00:00:43

    RE: Axis with configurable units (/Interval)

    Please add this feature, it is often necessary to track the micro-movements of a KPI and therefore having a customizable scale would be most beneficial.

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    Dawn Kernen on 06 Jul 2020 00:00:16

    RE: Axis with configurable units (/Interval)

    Please consider this as an important feature for readibility

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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:53:32

    RE: Axis with configurable units (/Interval)

    Please add the ability to customize units on the axis.