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goyalsa
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Helper III

How to build a bar chart showing both values and percentage of total in Power BI

Hi all,

 

Need help to show percentage per cleaning type where x-axis is "Yearmonth" and Y-axis is "no. of order".

 

 

goyalsa_0-1688964039278.png

 

Kind regards,

Sahil Goyal

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Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi @goyalsa 
Technically you can achieve your goal using a combo chart with 2 Y axes.
You can follow this tutorial:
https://bielite.com/blog/percent-data-labels/

From the side of effective Data visualization, the stacked chart is very challenging to read, and if you add more pixels of data, that will confuse graph readers even more.
Please see my blog post about this issue:
"Home experiments" and stacked bar graphs (madeiradata.com)

I highly recommend using small multiples instead of stacked charts and putting your percentages on a tooltip.
Something like this:

Ritaf1983_0-1688968143821.png

link to a sample file : Here 


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

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi,

I am not sure how your datamodel looks like, but I tried to create a sample pbix file like below.

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

I hope the below can provide some ideas on how to create a solution for your datamodel.

 

Jihwan_Kim_0-1688966448543.png

 

 

Custom Label measure: = 
COUNTROWS ( Data ) & " | "
    & FORMAT (
        DIVIDE (
            COUNTROWS ( Data ),
            CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( Data ), ALL ( 'Cleaning Type'[Cleaning Type] ) )
        ),
        "#0.00%"
    )


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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi,

I am not sure how your datamodel looks like, but I tried to create a sample pbix file like below.

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

I hope the below can provide some ideas on how to create a solution for your datamodel.

 

Jihwan_Kim_0-1688966448543.png

 

 

Custom Label measure: = 
COUNTROWS ( Data ) & " | "
    & FORMAT (
        DIVIDE (
            COUNTROWS ( Data ),
            CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( Data ), ALL ( 'Cleaning Type'[Cleaning Type] ) )
        ),
        "#0.00%"
    )


Microsoft MVP



If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.




LinkedInVisit my LinkedIn page




Outlook BookingSchedule a short Teams meeting to discuss your question





Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi @goyalsa 
Technically you can achieve your goal using a combo chart with 2 Y axes.
You can follow this tutorial:
https://bielite.com/blog/percent-data-labels/

From the side of effective Data visualization, the stacked chart is very challenging to read, and if you add more pixels of data, that will confuse graph readers even more.
Please see my blog post about this issue:
"Home experiments" and stacked bar graphs (madeiradata.com)

I highly recommend using small multiples instead of stacked charts and putting your percentages on a tooltip.
Something like this:

Ritaf1983_0-1688968143821.png

link to a sample file : Here 


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

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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