Time on Y-Axis

[stubax]

Thought I would show a simple solution for adding time format to Y-Axis of charts as I couldn't find a solution for this - 

starting with a simple dataset below - (time is in time format HH:MM:SS)

Step 1 -

Add a new column turning time into a decimal in hours e.g. 01:30:00 = 1.5 hours 

using formula - 

Decimal Time = Data[Time]*24

Step 2 -

Add new measure summing this new column

using formula - 

SumofDecimalTime = sum(Data[Decimal Time])

Step 3 - 

Add new measure converting SumofDecimalTime measure into time format

using formula - 

HH:MM:SS =

VAR vHoursDecimal = [SumofDecimalTime]

VAR vHours = INT ( vHoursDecimal )

VAR vMinutesDecimal = 60 * ( vHoursDecimal - vHours )

VAR vMinutes = INT ( vMinutesDecimal )

VAR vSeconds = ROUND ( 60 * ( vMinutesDecimal - vMinutes ), 0 )

VAR vHH = IF ( LEN ( vHours ) = 1, "0" & vHours, vHours )

VAR vMM = IF ( LEN ( vMinutes ) = 1, "0" & vMinutes, vMinutes )

VAR vSS = IF ( LEN ( vSeconds ) = 1, "0" & vSeconds, vSeconds )

RETURN

    CONVERT ( vHH & vMM & vSS, INTEGER )

Step 4 - change format of new HH:MM:SS measure in the format box to 00:00:00 (have to type this in the box) as in the below - 

Step 5 - 

Add HH:MM:SS measure into Y-Axis of chart and Date column into X-Axis.

Step 6 - 

Change Y-Axis display units to None as in the below - 

 The result should be something similar to the below - 

Also works with bar charts. Hope this helps anyone struggling with getting time on the Y-Axis.

[mlvdijl]

Hi @RobertDosek. I usually create a second measure and use  FORMAT to show the time as mm:ss. This doesnt work in a chart because its essentially a text value, but you can put it in a table, matrix or card visual and use it as a tooltip on the chart. 

[mlvdijl]

Great find! However, the axis isn't quite correct if I apply this solution, as it treats the time as integers it doesn't "stop" at 60, but goes through to 100. For example: a time of 00:18:54 is plotted about halfway between 18 and 19, while it should be very close to the 19 min line. 

After trying out several things including dynamic format string, I still find myself reverting back to using minutes as a decimal number on the axis, and creating a custom tooltip that shows the correctly formatted time.

Very annoying that PowerBi doesn't offer a better solution for this. Please vote for the idea below if you're also looking for this! 

Microsoft Idea

[RobertDosek]

Hello, I agree... What do you mean by "creating a custom tooltip that shows the correctly formatted time"? 

Thanks