Simple Bar Chart with Label Outside and Colored by Level Above in Hierarchy

[sem1]

Hello,

I'd like to make a simple bar chart with labels on the outside (so that all values are visible immediately) and color it based on a the level above the axis field.

Example data:
Category | Cost Name | Value
Transport | Trucking | 50
Transport | Ocean Freight | 100
Admin | Customs document | 15
Admin | Booking Fee | 10

I've tried doing this with a stacked bar chart:

I am able to color the rows by the Category as I would wish. However, I cannot force the labels to show, even with Overflow enabled.

I've also tried doing this with a clustered bar chart:

This allows me to have every data label as I would like. However, because for every Cost Name it shows the values for that cost name (which you can see in the picture), but leaves space for every other cost name (which is why each bar is not in the middle of the cost names in the header on the left), it looks unacceptably weird.

This is what I have in the Fields for the charts:

I'm new to Power BI, am I missing something or is this just not possible with Power BI?

[v-piga-msft]

Hi @sem1 ,

If you want to show the data lable outside, you could try with a clustered bar chart and change the data lable position like below.

If you still need help, please share a dummy pbix file which can reproduce the scenario and your desired output, so that we can help further investigate on it? You can upload it to OneDrive and post the link here. Do mask sensitive data before uploading.

Best Regards,

Cherry

[Anonymous]

@sem1 : sorry to say that even i was noticed this today even i am experience guy . I think this is how power bi internally designed to but you have the option of background color to able where your user can easily understand the values . can you try that . But this is fixed for yu let me know

[Anonymous]

try with pie chart once