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TheKiltedGolfer
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How to add shading/vertical lines to a clustered bar chart to easily read/separate data by month

Below is a clustered bar chart that shows data over the past 4 months.  The problem with the visual is it is difficult to see where a month's data starts/ends.  Is there a way to have background shading to distinguish each month's data or a vertical line to show when a new month's data starts/end?  Is there a known visual I should import that will do this?  Any other suggestions? Thank you for your assistance.

 

 

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Greg_Deckler
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Sure, just turn on the Category Shading option in the Plot area...

 

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Kidding, stacked visuals and no backgrounds. See attached PBIX. 



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Greg_Deckler
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Sure, just turn on the Category Shading option in the Plot area...

 

image.png

 

Kidding, stacked visuals and no backgrounds. See attached PBIX. 



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@ me in replies or I'll lose your thread!!!
Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
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External Tools: MSHGQM
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DAX For Humans

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

That is tricky, creative and COOL.  

 

Thanks !!

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