There is a bug with data labels on combo charts. I have a line & stacked column chart and I am unable to limit the data labels to only the line. As you can see in the snapshot, data labels are present on some of the columns but not all.
The Data Label settings are:
Changing the Series has no effect. How can I show data labels for the Line (% of total) only?
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Hi wynhodgkiss ,
We have reported similar issues to the product team in the past and we got the following response：
”This behavior is expected: if the top-level data label toggle is enabled, all series get data labels. If the customer only wants one series to be labeled, they need to subsequently disable the labels for all other series.“
This may seem a bit complicated, but for now, the only workaround is to manually turn off the other labels like in the image below：
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Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Caitlyn
wynhodgkissAdvocate II
Thanks Anonymous , not a great workaround when I have over 700 series to individually turn off data labels for. Also, how does this behave as new series are introduced (one series per day)?
I will add the idea as you suggest but I do not have a high expectation.
- wynhodgkiss
Anyone finding this post and wishing to vote for the idea: Microsoft Idea (powerbi.com)
