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Chicks
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Color not changing in stacked bar chart data label background

Hi, I have an issue where I want to turn off or change teh color on the data label background of a stacked bar chart. The Data label background options are not working for some reason. The on / off toggle just turns the label background black even though it remains off. The Totals Data label background color can be changed.

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Ritaf1983
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Hi @Chicks 
This is a kind of bug in a part of the charts.
Please refer to the linked discussion with my suggestion for a temporary solution ( until it will be fixed).

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Simple-Value-colour-will-not-change-on-pie-chart-a...

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

 

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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Ritaf1983
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Super User

Hi @Chicks 
This is a kind of bug in a part of the charts.
Please refer to the linked discussion with my suggestion for a temporary solution ( until it will be fixed).

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Simple-Value-colour-will-not-change-on-pie-chart-a...

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

 

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

It does seem like a bug, I tried adding a line to the chart, after adding the data labels to the line I was able to tirn off the background. The background switch continued to work after I removed the line!

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