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Hello, it seems that since I have recently updated to the September 2022 version of Power BI Desktop, inline hierarchy has become the default and I do not know how to turn it off. I found a microsoft article, that says sometimes you can get stuck in inline hierarchy, and it says to disable it...but it doesn't tell me how. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-inline-hierarchy-labels#how-inline...
This makes my bar charts extremely difficult to read for users. I saw some old posts that said to try converting it from a bar chart to a column chart and turning off concatenate, which I tried but that didn't work. Concatenate wasn't even selected on. Does anyone know how to Disable Inline Hierarchy?
You can see in this visual I have 3 levels in this hierarchy: State - City State - Store number. It showing all 3 levels at once and I don't need all that info. This visual is not as hard to read as some of the other bar charts that have really long names and go down several more levels...
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Yes, Concatenate labels option is not working for bar chart.
Hi @ksimpson50502 ,
Please create a stacked column chart instead of a stacked bar chart.
Turn off Concatenate labels option.
Best regards,
Yadong Fang
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I need a bar chart not a stacked column. Is that not an option?
Yes, Concatenate labels option is not working for bar chart.
@ksimpson50502 , Set Concatenate label - On and try.
But this is now by default. Refer for More Details
I understand I need to change the setting, but HOW? If it is the new default, I didn't make any changes to turn it on. Concatenate is not a Y Axis Option
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