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In Excel, I have the ability within a line chart to have multiple columns/legends. In PowerBI, this option is not available as I try to add a 2nd legend and it does nothing. Can this be accomplished?
Thank you.
Power BI only supports one Legend field per visual. Unlike Excel, you can’t add multiple legends directly.
Workarounds:
Combine fields into a calculated column/measure to create a single legend (e.g. Category & " - " & SubCategory).
Use Small multiples (a separate chart per legend value).
Overlay visuals (two charts on top of each other) if you need different legends.
So: multiple legends like Excel = not directly supported, but can be simulated.
It can be done with the help of Perspective.
You need to have the August 2020 release and have Tabular Editor installed through Help --> External Tools
Here is the link to the steps.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-august-2020-feature-summary/#_Perspectives
For your requirement, you can vote below idea:
Ability to use multiple fields on a legend like an Excel pivot chart
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