Forum Discussion

rpredmore's avatar
rpredmore
Frequent Visitor
6 years ago

How do I adjust individual data label color?

Hi all - 

 

Does anyone know how to change individual data labels? I'd like the one on the left (9.4K) to be written in white to make it more legible against the blue bar. I know this must be possible since Power BI Desktop auto did this on another graph, but I can't find how to do this manually.

 

3 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    Under datalabels is a button customize series. Turn that on to customize each bar. 

  • v-yingjl's avatar
    v-yingjl
    Icon for Community Support rankCommunity Support

    Hi rpredmore ,

    If you are using a single chart visual like column chart, bar chart etc, I'm afraid you cannot change the data label color to different colors for each column currently. You can adjust the data label position to a favorable position like 'Outside end', change its color to fit the visual background:

     

    If you are using the combo chart which is like clustered column and line chart etc, you can set the data label color to different for each type under the data label option:

     

    In addition, here is an idea about conditional format data label colors in visuals, you can vote for it to help us improve power bi and make this feature coming sooner.

     

    Best Regards,
    Yingjie Li

    If this post helps then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

  • v-yingjl's avatar
    v-yingjl
    Icon for Community Support rankCommunity Support

    Hi rpredmore ,

    If you've fixed the issue on your own please kindly share your solution. If the above posts help, please kindly mark it as a solution to help others find it more quickly. Thanks!


    Best Regards,
    Yingjie Li