In bar charts how do you make the bar area smaller so you can read the labels?

[PowerAutomater]

I have a few bar charts with some rather long labels along one axis. The chart part itself is not very detailed and so I would like to make it smaller to give more room for the labels so they can be read. I have looked through the format tabs but I can't find a way to directly change the width/height of the chart area, and I can't select and resize it manually either. I have already made the label text size as small as possible but want to go further. Is there any way to do this?

Here's an example of what I mean in PPT. Another option would be to automatically linebreak the labels when they don't fit but I can't find an option for this in PowerBi either.

[OwenAuger · Accepted solution]

Hi @PowerAutomater 

To my knowledge, the only way to adjust the relative width of the Y-axis values and the chart itself for the core bar chart is to adjust Y-axis > Values > Maximum width. The maximum value that can be selected via the interface is 50%:

Would this solve it for you or not?