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I have a scenario where I'm overlaying data from last year and this year on separate line graphs. The values are inevitably going to be very similar, so there is the potential to overlap. I have set the Data Labels for last year's data to display as black with a smaller font size and this year's data to be blue with a larger font size. Unfortunately, I've got a jumbled mess in certain scenarios. It would be nice to be able to slide things around manually in cases where the aesthetics don't align or even better to have some AI do it for me. I've toyed with adding backgrounds to the labels, but then you overshadow the line. It may not be a big issue for other users looking at this in Power BI itself with the interactivity, but for creating static extracts (i.e., PDFs/JPGs) it poses an issue for display purposes.
Looking for any workaround ideas or suggestions to make things look better. I hate to share this data looking the way it does.
Below are two examples:
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Regards,
Ritesh
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