Any workarounds to improve Pie Chart Legend Text? (Words don't wrap in Legend)

[Domenick]

Does anyone have any good work-arounds for the below situation where chart legends will cut off text if it's too long? I really wish there was word wrap, but it doesn't look like that's a thing nor will be a thing anytime soon. I've made the font as small as I can, so please dont suggest that or I might implode.

[Mayank_Yavda · Accepted solution]

Hi @Domenick,

Here is Pie Chart with Full Legend Labels which will help you to get legend name without cutting it.

Pie Chart with Full Legend Labels , PBIVizEdit.comPie Chart with Full Legend Labels , PBIVizEdit.com

Download link for the custom visual file in this page,

https://pbivizedit.com/gallery/pie-chart-with-full-legend-label

This was made with our Custom Visual creator tool PBIVizEdit.com. With this tool,

• anyone, irrespective of technical skills, can create their own visuals
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• opens up many additional attributes to edit (for e.g. labels, tooltips, legends position, etc)

Give this a shot and let us know if you face any problem/errors.
You can use the editor to modify your visual further (some modifications cannot be done in Power BI window and have to be in editor).

Thanks,
Team PBIVizEdit

[Domenick]

I've decided to fake it and overlay and image of a better formatted legend. Perhaps not the best practice, but I don't see it causing any problems.

[parry2k]

@Domenick I think you are out of options except you can try to increase the width of the pie chart.

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[bmcminn]

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[JLincoln]

The ratio at which the legend widens as you expand the width of the visual is unacceptable. You have to widen the visual by 3-5 inches just to get an inch out of the legend. Even when your pie chart is bounded by the ceiling of the visual the legend only scales with width, making insane white space.