https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Bar-Chart-vs-Line-Chart-Months-abbreviation/m-p/2676517#M37687 <P>Not sure how this is solved as it hasn't been solved <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":confused_face:">😕</span></P> Tue, 02 Aug 2022 20:20:41 GMT HollyanneU2 2022-08-02T20:20:41Z https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Bar-Chart-vs-Line-Chart-Months-abbreviation/m-p/2598440#M36934 <P>For the love of God, why is there a month abreviations for the Line chart but NOT the bar chart....I noticed this in every single bar chart connected to the same data....I did all the tricks to make the months abbreviated for the bar chart but it gets messy.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="HollyanneU2_0-1656003259615.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/737446iBAAC8192ED00F06C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="HollyanneU2_0-1656003259615.png" alt="HollyanneU2_0-1656003259615.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:54:32 GMT https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Bar-Chart-vs-Line-Chart-Months-abbreviation/m-p/2598440#M36934 HollyanneU2 2022-06-23T16:54:32Z https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Bar-Chart-vs-Line-Chart-Months-abbreviation/m-p/2600238#M36952 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/404919">@HollyanneU2</a>,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>please see this related post:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-abbreviate-the-months-on-the-X-axis-of-a-bar-chart/m-p/940667" target="_blank">https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-abbreviate-the-months-on-the-X-axis-of-a-bar-chart/m-p/940667</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It doesn't answer the why question but can help you in making the graph look like you want it.</P> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:05:58 GMT https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Bar-Chart-vs-Line-Chart-Months-abbreviation/m-p/2600238#M36952 Smalfly 2022-06-24T10:05:58Z https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Bar-Chart-vs-Line-Chart-Months-abbreviation/m-p/2600848#M36955 <P>Believe it or not, I tried that link...not feasible....</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Power BI need to fix that and allow developers a simpler way to do this like Tableau have. This is ridiculous from Microsoft!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you for the link.&nbsp;</P> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:26:04 GMT https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Bar-Chart-vs-Line-Chart-Months-abbreviation/m-p/2600848#M36955 HollyanneU2 2022-06-24T14:26:04Z https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Bar-Chart-vs-Line-Chart-Months-abbreviation/m-p/2610694#M37091 <P><FONT face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/404919">@HollyanneU2</a>,</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Perhaps you can try to change the axis field formatting strings to modify its displayed format:</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><A href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-custom-format-strings" target="_blank">Use custom format strings in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs</A></FONT><BR /><FONT face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Regards,</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Xiaoxin Sheng</FONT></P> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 02:02:54 GMT https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Bar-Chart-vs-Line-Chart-Months-abbreviation/m-p/2610694#M37091 Anonymous 2022-06-30T02:02:54Z https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Bar-Chart-vs-Line-Chart-Months-abbreviation/m-p/2676517#M37687 <P>Not sure how this is solved as it hasn't been solved <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":confused_face:">😕</span></P> Tue, 02 Aug 2022 20:20:41 GMT https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Bar-Chart-vs-Line-Chart-Months-abbreviation/m-p/2676517#M37687 HollyanneU2 2022-08-02T20:20:41Z