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Arnoh's avatar
Arnoh
Helper III
9 months ago

Q&A native language for selecting visual

When using Power BI desktop you cannot ask for a type of visual in native language. It's only working when one uses the english name. 

Visual Type English Q&A keyword Dutch Q&A keyword

Column chartcolumn chartkolomdiagram
Bar chartbar chartstaafdiagram
Line chartline chartlijndiagram
Pie chartpie chartcirkeldiagram
Donut chartdonut chartdonutdiagram
Tabletabletabel
Cardcardkaartwaarde / kaart
Mapmapkaart
Matrixmatrixmatrix
Scatter chartscatter chartspreidingsdiagram
Funnel chartfunnel charttrechterdiagram
Gaugegaugemeter / snelheidsmeter
KPIKPIKPI
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5 Replies

  • Nabha-Ahmed's avatar
    Nabha-Ahmed
    Super User
    9 months ago

    Hi Arnoh 

    That’s correct — Power BI Q&A currently recognizes visual types only in English. The native language keywords (like Dutch terms kolomdiagram, staafdiagram, etc.) aren’t fully supported for creating visuals through Q&A.

    Workarounds:

    1. Use the English visual names when asking Q&A to create visuals (e.g., “show sales by region as a column chart”).

    2. After the visual is created, you can rename titles, labels, and fields in your preferred language.

    3. You can also vote or submit feedback on the Power BI Ideas forum to request native-language support for visual types in Q&A:
      "https://ideas.fabric.microsoft.com/

    Hopefully Microsoft will expand multilingual support for Q&A visuals in the future.

  • v-kpoloju-msft's avatar
    v-kpoloju-msft
    Community Support
    9 months ago

    Hi Arnoh,

    Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum. Also, thanks to Nabha-Ahmed, ThomasWeppler, for those inputs on this thread.

    Has your issue been resolved? If the response provided by the community member ThomasWeppler, addressed your query, could you please confirm? It helps us ensure that the solutions provided are effective and beneficial for everyone.

    Or as mentioned by Nabha-Ahmed, If you have submitted an idea in the Ideas Portal, please feel free to share the link here so others in the community can upvote it. With enough support, Microsoft may consider it for future implementation.

    Hope this helps clarify things and let me know what you find after giving these steps a try happy to help you investigate this further.

    Thank you for using the Microsoft Community Forum.

     

    • v-kpoloju-msft's avatar
      v-kpoloju-msft
      Community Support
      9 months ago

      Hi Arnoh,

      Just wanted to follow up. If the shared guidance worked for you, that’s wonderful hopefully it also helps others looking for similar answers. If there’s anything else you'd like to explore or clarify, don’t hesitate to reach out.

      Thank you.

  • ThomasWeppler's avatar
    ThomasWeppler
    Impactful Individual
    9 months ago

    Hi Arnoh

     

    Have you tryed change the laungish settings?

     

     

     

     

     

  • Shubham_rai955's avatar
    Shubham_rai955
    Super User
    9 months ago

    In Power BI Desktop, the Q&A feature usually only recognizes English names for visual types. So if you try native language (for example, Dutch) visual names, it won’t automatically switch the visual type.

    For example:

    • Typing “bar chart” creates a bar chart.

    • Typing “staafdiagram” does not create a bar chart (unless Power BI is updated to support Dutch keywords for visuals).

    To get the right visual, always use the English keywords listed:

    • column chart

    • bar chart

    • line chart

    • pie chart

    • donut chart

    • table

    • card

    • map

    • matrix

    • scatter chart

    • funnel chart

    • gauge

    • KPI

    Native language support for visual selection is not yet standard in Power BI Q&A; use English visual names for best results. If more languages are supported in future updates, visual keywords in those languages may work too.