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deepvibha
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9 years ago
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Customized Legend Names - To override the default legend names

Hi,   I have created certain measures like mSumPhaco, mSumSICS and mSumFreeCataract and have plotted it on clustered column chart. Obviously, name of the measures are appearing as legends. I wish t...
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  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi deepvibha,

     

    By default, the legend name is the measure name in a chart visual, and now you are want to rename the legend name but keep the measure name, right?

     

    Based on current features supported in PowerBI, I'm afraid it is not possible to achieve this requirement. We can only customize the position of legend, the color, font size and content of legend title.

     

    Someone has submitted this feature request, you can click here to vote it up.

     

    Thanks,
    Yuliana Gu

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v-yulgu-msft
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9 years ago

Hi deepvibha,

 

By default, the legend name is the measure name in a chart visual, and now you are want to rename the legend name but keep the measure name, right?

 

Based on current features supported in PowerBI, I'm afraid it is not possible to achieve this requirement. We can only customize the position of legend, the color, font size and content of legend title.

 

Someone has submitted this feature request, you can click here to vote it up.

 

Thanks,
Yuliana Gu

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    deepvibha
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    9 years ago

    Thanks v-yulgu-msft.

     

    I've voted for the feature request.

     

    Regards,

    Deepak

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      9 years ago

      If those names are measures, you can create duplicates that reference them. For instance:

       

      Free Cataract = [mSumFreeCataract]

      ...then use that new measure in your chart.

      • deepvibha's avatar
        deepvibha
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        9 years ago

        Thanks Anonymous,

         

        That's a good alternative, I feel.

        I have a query that by duplicating reference, am I creating another measure? i. e. will it evaluate the same formula, which I have written for the acutal measure, again?

         

         

        Regards,

        Deepak