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pzeller
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9 years ago
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Custom Y Axis Labels

We are new to Power BI and are trying to create a chart that displays the # of open tasks for specific categories. We have a Total Open Tasks column and then we have a seperate column for each individual task category. We are looking to display the "# of Tasks" on the X-Axis and then have the Y-Axis display a bar for each category with labels going up the Y-Axis. I've included a picture below to show a general idea of what we are looking to achieve.

Chart


This is an example of how our data would look. The 2nd table represents the data we WANT to report on where the values are the X-Axis and the header is the Y-Axis

Person IDTask 1Task 2Task 3Total
Person11236
Person23227
Person324612

 

SUM Task 1SUM Task 2SUM Task 3
6811
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  • Phil_Seamark's avatar
    Phil_Seamark
    9 years ago

    Hi pzeller,

     

    We can perform the pivot in DAX if you like.  

     

    If you create a calculated column like this

     

    Table 2 = UNION(
    SELECTCOLUMNS('Person',"Person",[Person ID],"Task Name" , "Task1" , "Value" ,[Task 1]),
    SELECTCOLUMNS('Person',"Person",[Person ID],"Task Name" , "Task2" , "Value" ,[Task 2]),
    SELECTCOLUMNS('Person',"Person",[Person ID],"Task Name" , "Task2" , "Value" ,[Task 3])
        )

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  • Phil_Seamark's avatar
    Phil_Seamark
    Microsoft Employee
    9 years ago

    Hi pzeller,

     

    I recommend you pivit your table to the following structure

     

    PersonID , TaskID , Value
-----------------------------------
    PersonA , Task 1 , 1
    PersonA , Task 2 , 2
    PersonA , Task 3 , 3 ,
    PersonA , Task 4 , 6
    PersonB , Task 1 , 3

    etc

    Then you will find it much easier to create your measures.  You can pivot your data in the Query Editor if that helps

    • pzeller's avatar
      pzeller
      Frequent Visitor
      9 years ago

      Thanks for the reply Phil_Seamark, but when I try to put in place what you mentioned I get an error stating "This query contains transformations that cannot be used for a live connection.". It seems that when working with LIVE data (Direct Query) Power BI's functionality is really hamstrung. Now knowing this, can you see another way to accompolish this task?

       

      EDIT:

      I attempted what you suggested using "Import" and that worked great, but unfortunately we are required to use "Direct Query".

      • Phil_Seamark's avatar
        Phil_Seamark
        Microsoft Employee
        9 years ago

        Hi pzeller,

         

        We can perform the pivot in DAX if you like.  

         

        If you create a calculated column like this

         

        Table 2 = UNION(
    SELECTCOLUMNS('Person',"Person",[Person ID],"Task Name" , "Task1" , "Value" ,[Task 1]),
    SELECTCOLUMNS('Person',"Person",[Person ID],"Task Name" , "Task2" , "Value" ,[Task 2]),
    SELECTCOLUMNS('Person',"Person",[Person ID],"Task Name" , "Task2" , "Value" ,[Task 3])
        )