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coatsy35
Helper II
Helper II

How to create a horizontal stacked bar chart where both sets of data start from zero

I wish to recreate this "bottle filling up" horizontal bar chart I use in Excel for Target vs Sales YTD. It acts like the bottle filling up as they head towards their target. The visual needs to be horizontal due to the sapce available. The excel version is made with a combo chart and set to horizontal and two axis as you can see. How do I replicate this in Power BI?

 

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This is what I get in Power BI using a stacked horizontal chart, however on the first item on the X axis starts from zero, the other starts at the end of the first set of data. I want them both to start at zero. Esentially I want a clustered bar chart with the colums set on top of each other rather than side by side 

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Bmejia
Super User
Super User

Hi,  

Create a regular "Crustered Bar Chart" Add both the target and YTD Invoiced.

Bmejia_0-1712090535111.png

Then go into your formating panel "Bars",  Turn on Overlap = On,  Space between series =100% and Sort by value = On 

Output should look like this:

Bmejia_1-1712090571913.png

Hope this helps!!

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Bmejia
Super User
Super User

Hi,  

Create a regular "Crustered Bar Chart" Add both the target and YTD Invoiced.

Bmejia_0-1712090535111.png

Then go into your formating panel "Bars",  Turn on Overlap = On,  Space between series =100% and Sort by value = On 

Output should look like this:

Bmejia_1-1712090571913.png

Hope this helps!!

That is most helpful. Thank you. I hadn't spotted that option. So many settings to find and learn in power BI!

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