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Advocate IIWhy is it still like this using Power BI?
Petja , I did try a few combinations. Seems like Outside end, Start Overlapping, and do not reduce chart even if there is space, also we do not have an option to allocate that
Auto seems a better option. Also, a custom label, we need to work on the label measure or the detailed measure. But I think that is true in the case of other tools tooBut we can vote for the Idea
Advocate IHi,
As far as I know, the standard clustered bar chart still does not let you control the distance between the bar and the data label. When you turn on the detail label with the arrow, the arrow is always placed right after the value, so part of the label stays over the bar.
One workaround is to turn off the detail label and create a measure that already combines the value and the arrow, for example:
Delta label =
VAR v = [Your value]
VAR d = [Your delta]
RETURN
FORMAT(v, "#,0") &
IF(d > 0, " ▲", IF(d < 0, " ▼", ""))
Then use this measure as the value for the data labels and set Data label position to Outside end. In this case the whole text (for example 4603 ▲) is treated as one label and is placed completely outside the bar.
For full control of labels you would still need a custom visual such as Deneb or Charticulator.