Data Labels Setting Not Visible in Scatter Plot Visual

Hi Magellan57, 

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum. Also, thanks to Royel, for his inputs on this thread.

Thank you for the clarification. Now I fully understand what you are aiming for. You would like to display the Y-axis percentage values (KPI measure) as data labels directly on the bubbles, not just the category names.

Currently, this is a limitation of the built-in Scatter/Bubble chart in Power BI. The native visual only supports Category Labels (e.g., Customer or Product names), so it does not allow showing numeric Y-axis values (like percentages) directly as labels. That said, here are some approaches you can take.

Use Tooltips: Hovering over a bubble will already show your KPI % in the tooltip. For a better user experience, you can create a dedicated Tooltip page that highlights the % more clearly when hovering over each bubble.

Use a Custom Visual: Several marketplace visuals such as xViz Scatter/Bubble Chart or Akvelon Bubble Chart support showing measure values directly as labels. In Power BI Desktop → Visualizations pane → Get more visuals (…). Search for xViz Scatter or Akvelon Bubble Chart. Add it to your report, map your fields, and enable Data Labels → choose your KPI % measure.

Advanced Workaround with Native Visuals: You can simulate labels using a Line and clustered column chart. Place your KPI % as a line series, enable Data Labels, and adjust formatting to overlay these values near your bubbles.

Hope this clears it up. Let us know if you have any doubts regarding this. We will be happy to help.

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