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Gladiator909
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4 years ago
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Dotted Line/ Dashed Lines on a Bar Chart

Hi everyone,   I am trying to make something fairly simple but it does not look like its doable.   I have a bar chart along with a line, the client wants the line to be "dotted" instead of solid....
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  • Bubble4502's avatar
    Bubble4502
    4 years ago

    Hi Gladiator909 ,

     

    You can change the style of line to Dotted by using format visual:

     

    Output:

     

    Kind Regards,

    Bubble

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lbendlin
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4 years ago

That is a column chart.

 

The line makes no sense as there is no relation between the categories.  Line charts should only be used with temporal data, or correlated categories.  Looks like you want a Pareto instead?

 

This is where Tableau is better than Power BI - It wouldn't even allow you to attempt this.

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Gladiator909
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4 years ago

The data that I showed is not the real dataset I am working with, just dummy data to convey what I am trying to do. Maybe something like this would make more sense:

Just want the forecasted line to be dashed/dotted in PowerBI

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    lbendlin
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    4 years ago

    Phew!  That makes so much more sense...  Please provide sanitized sample data that fully covers your issue.