Last week I introduced the technique of using custom Number Formats for Chart Axis Labels which was well received.
So Today I present a few more alternatives, some being sourced from comments raised in the first post
Highlight Axis Ranges in Color
Axis Number Format: [Blue][<=40]0;[Red][>=100]0;[Green]0
Axis Font: Normal
Highlight Thousands as K
Axis Number Format: [<=1000]#,##0;[>1000]#,##0.0, K;0
Axis Font: Normal
Highlight Data Labels
In the original post I mentioned briefly that this technique can be applied to Data Labels, but didn’t demonstrate it.
Data Labels Colored according to Value
Axis Number Format: [Blue][<80]0;[Red][>=80]0
Axis Font: Normal
Data Label Number Format: [Blue][<80]0;[Red][>=80]0
Data Label Font: Normal
Data Labels Highlighted with Symbols
Axis Number Format: [Blue][=80]”4″;[Red][=60]”8″;
Axis Font: Webding
Data Label Format: [Blue][>=80]”P”;[Red][<80]”O”;
Data label Font: Wing Dings 2
SO HOW DO THESE WORK?
As with cells you can apply custom Number formats to any of the Charts numerical objects including the Charts Axis and Data Point Labels.
You can read a full discussion in the original post or …
Select the Chart and then the Axis or Data Point Labels.
Goto the Number Tab and select Custom
Insert the formats text, Add
Apply
Links
The links below will explain the intricacies of Custom Number Formats.
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/NumberFormats.html
http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/excel-custom-number-formats.htm
http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/02/25/custom-cell-formatting-in-excel-few-tips-tricks/
Examples
You can see how all the above Charts are made using the Sample Data Files Attached
Version – Excel 1997/03, Excel 2007/10.
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE CUSTOM NUMBER FORMATS?
What are your favourite custom number formats?
Let us know in the Comments below:
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Hello...
In Power BI I have data that includes months by name only (e.g. May, April, December...)
I need to build charts etc. but i need the months to go chronologically... not alphabetically... I cannot seem to find the fix to this.... once again, my data does NOT have an actual date attached to it (like 02/01/2023)....only month names... can i use a helper table wher i id the month names as numbers 1 thru 12? and if so, how do i manage this to work for me ?
Thank you.
~Keith
You need to setup an extra table to map each month name to a running number. A simple 12 row table like
Jan 1
Feb 2
Mar 3
..
Dec 12
Then create a relationship between this month table and your month column
Now, go to "table view" in Power BI and set the sort by column to month number for the month name column on this new table.
Finally, use the new table's month name whenever you need to refer to the month name in the visuals.
They will be chronologically arranged.