Display labels for dates

[svarghese]

Hi

I would like to plot labels(milestone names) against dates in powerBI like below.

I have the dates and corresponding milestones in a table . The below graph is from excel. Here Apple, Banana, Color, Joker etc are all milestones names for dates.

Any help is apreciated.

Thanks

[danextian]

hi @svarghese,

Data labels in Power BI are dependent upon measures used.  You may format how the measures appear but showing as label other than the measure values is currently not possible. You may create measures  to be used as tooltips as an alternative  - they appear when hovering a data point in your visual - althought this may not be what you want. 

The measure below will return concatenated texts from a column. 

milestones =
CONCATENATEX ( VALUES ( [column] ), [column], ", " )

[svarghese]

Thanks @danextian. I would prefer to have somthig to be static on the graph and not only when hovering. The concatentae definetly seems like a good option for now. Would be better if I could actually have milestone dates marked like in the graph i had attached.

[danextian]

Hi @svarghese

You may post this idea on https://ideas.powerbi.com

Would also love to have an option to place a static label other than the actual measure. Let me know the link so I can also vote  for it.

[svarghese]

Done 🙂

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/20297173-labels-for-dates

I couldnt attach a sample graph, so hopefully the description makes sense.