Overlap Labels Placed Outside of Data Points

This applies to: Managed Dashboards, Managed Reports

Data point labels placed outside will normally be hidden if they overlap with data or other labels. But there are a couple of chart properties that allow you to override this functionality and have the labels displayed.

Display Data Point Labels Outside

Consider the following line chart.

Go to Properties, select the data point series listed, then select Font & Textto see the text-related properties of the series. Select the + button next to Data Point Labels.

A Data Label Settings item is added. Select it to edit the properties as follows:

• Set the Placement to Outside.

• Set the Rotation to None.

• Enter the name of the measure, for example, [OrderQty] in square brackets in the Text property. This is a placeholder which will be replaced with the actual measure value at each data point.

Measure values are now displayed outside of data points.Labels for some data points are missing because they would overlap with other labels or data if they were to be shown.

Can Overlap Data

Use the Can Overlap Data option to allow outside data point labels to be shown even though they overlap with data points.

Can Overlap Labels

Use the Can Overlap Labels option to allow outside data point labels to be shown even though they overlap with other data labels.

Note: The other options in Data Label Settings can be changed to be more restrictive and force the labels to overlap more often.

For more information, see:

• Aligning Data Point Labels Inside Bars

• Using Chart Properties