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Leader Lines Color Not Updating with Data Labels in Power BI
Hi Anonymous
Power BI does not currently allow you to change the color of leader lines independently in donut or pie charts. The leader lines’ color is set automatically by Power BI (usually based on the visual’s theme or background) and is not linked to the data label color setting.
Changing the "Data Labels" color only affects the label text, not the leader lines. At the moment, there’s no setting in the Format pane to customize leader line colors.
Workaround: If you need leader lines to match your data label color, you’ll need to adjust your visual’s background/theme so the default line color works with your design, or consider a different visual.
Hi Anonymous
Power BI does not currently allow you to change the color of leader lines independently in donut or pie charts. The leader lines’ color is set automatically by Power BI (usually based on the visual’s theme or background) and is not linked to the data label color setting.
Changing the "Data Labels" color only affects the label text, not the leader lines. At the moment, there’s no setting in the Format pane to customize leader line colors.
Workaround: If you need leader lines to match your data label color, you’ll need to adjust your visual’s background/theme so the default line color works with your design, or consider a different visual.
This can't be marked as solved when there is no advice given about which settings to change. As another user posted the same Q minutes after the "solution" was posted. I am in the same boat now trying to figure out how to change the colour of leader lines - and this so-called solution does not solve the issue.