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Problem : Data labels stacked bar chart

I have a problem with my data labels of the Stacked bar chart from PowerBI (since last week). My labels were on the 'Position=Auto' and the labels were either on top of the bar if there was enough place or in the bar if there wasn't enough place at the top. Now the labels are always on top of the bar (even if it's still in 'Position=Auto') and the cases where, before, there wasn't enough place make the bar shorter to put the labels on top. However, now, the proportion are not garanteed between my bars... An other problem is that the bars that are shorten by PowerBI to put the labels on top are all equal (same size with different values...). So the graph is quite unusable ah this time. I think that it comes from an update of PowerBI because in my Desktop it still works well.

Status: Accepted

We are working on a fix for this. There are other small issues with Auto datalabel placement for columns/bars related to this one. All data is correct, but placement may change and this can impact layout.

Comments
DataZoe
Microsoft Employee
@FCL1 can you share a screenshot of what you are seeing? There is an update that will adjust your axis (not just the bar) to be more stable with data labels, and we cannot reproduce any bar changing unexpectedly. So we really need your feedback to address this. If a screenshot is not possible, maybe dummy data that can reproduce the chart as DAX calculated table and the dimensions of your stacked bar chart?
mattlee
Microsoft Employee
Status changed to: Accepted

We are working on a fix for this. There are other small issues with Auto datalabel placement for columns/bars related to this one. All data is correct, but placement may change and this can impact layout.