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freakdaddy
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Need help with stacked bar chart with variable data columns

I'm trying to represent a timeline of multiple phone agents activities.  Activities are represented starting at a point to time (datetime) and have a type (available, on call, on break, etc) and a duration.  The visual I am trying to create is similar to a horizontal stacked bar chart however the activities are variable per agent and I would like the types to always be represented by the same color.  I have included data and a manually created representation of what I am trying to accomplish.  Is there a way to do this with power bi?

AgentdatetimedurationType
agent112/20/2023 08:001available
agent112/20/2023 09:00.25break
agent112/20/2023 09:15.5on call
agent112/20/2023 09:451available
agent112/20/2023 08:00.75on call
agent212/20/2023 08:452available
agent212/20/2023 10:451on call
agent212/20/2023 11:451.5on call
agent212/20/2023 13:151lunch

 

 

agentreport.png

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freakdaddy
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The way that table was formatted by the forum distorted the data.  There is a datetime column which for example should show "12/20/2023 08:00" and then there is a duration of "1".  Furthermore your example is apparently grouping the activities unlike shown in my example.  Agent1 has 2 activities on their timeline where they were "available" and the bar chart should match that.  In total agent1 should have 5 bars in their timeline while agent2 should have 4.  Also it shouldn't be a type 100% bar chart because the datetimes start and end at different times per agent.  (I didn't do a good job of showing the difference in start times on my hand drawn chart)

 

Here is a better example chart...

 

agentreport.png

Anonymous
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Hi @freakdaddy ,

If I understand correctly, the issue is that you want to show a timeline of multiple agents activities with stacked bar chart. Please try the following methods as a workaround:

1.Create the simple table. 

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2.Select the Stacked bar chart visual.

vjiewumsft_1-1703733095556.png

 

 

3.Move the agent field into the Y-axis and move type to the Legend.

vjiewumsft_2-1703733103879.png

 

4.The result is shown below.

vjiewumsft_3-1703733110694.png

 

Alternatively, you can also use a column chart to implement a timeline of agent activity.

Solved: Multiple variables in a stacked column chart in po... - Microsoft Fabric Community

 

Looking forward to your reply.

Best Regards,

Wisdom Wu

 

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