In this article, we will show you, How to Format Power BI Ribbon Chart with example. This includes changing the Ribbon Colors, Ribbon Chart Title text, Title position etc.
To demonstrate these formatting options, we are going to use the Ribbon Chart that we created earlier. Please refer Ribbon Chart in Power BI article to understand the steps involved in creating a Ribbon chart.
How to Format Power BI Ribbon Chart
Please click on the Format button to see the list of formatting options that are available for this ribbon Chart.
Format Ribbon Chart in Power BI General Settings
Use this General Section to Change the X, Y position, Width and height of a Ribbon Chart
Format Power BI Ribbon Chart Legend
To display or enable the Legend, Please select the Legend region and toggle the option from Off to On.
As you can see from the below screenshot, we changed the Legend Title as Product Color, Legend Position as Top Center, Color to Brown, Font family to Candara, and text size to 17.
Format X-Axis of a Ribbon Chart in Power BI
Following are the list of options that are available for you to format the Ribbon Ch rat Horizontal axis or X-Axis. As you can see from the below screenshot, we change the Color to Brown, Font style to Candara, Text Size to 20.
By default, Ribbon chart X-Axis title is set to Off but you can enable it by toggling Title to On. Let me change the Title Color to Green, Font style to Cambria, and Text Size to 30.
Format Power BI Ribbon Chart Data Colors
By default, Ribbon chart will pick default colors for all the ribbons. But, you can change them as per your requirement
Let me change few of them.
Format Data Labels of a Ribbon Chart in Power BI
Data Labels display the Metric Value (Sales Amount at each group) within a bar. As you can see from the below screenshot, we enabled data labels for this ribbon chart, and changed the color to white.
Format Power BI Ribbon Chart Plot Area
Using this Plot Area property, you can add custom Images as the Background of the Ribbon Chart. For the demonstration purpose, we added one image as the Plot Area Background.
Format Power BI Ribbon Chart Ribbons
Following are the list of options that are available for you to format the Ribbons.
From the below screenshot you can see, we changed the spacing property to 10 (space between each ribbon), and Transparency to 52% (ribbon space between bars or in-between countries)
Format Power BI Ribbon Chart Title
Use this section to format the Ribbon Chart title as per your requirements.
As you can see from the below screenshot, we change the Title Text to Sale Amount by Country and Color, Font Color to Green, Font Family to Candara, Font Size to 27, and Title Alignment to center. If you want, you can add the background Color to the title as well.
Format Ribbon Chart in Power BI Background Color, and Border
You can add Background color to a Ribbon Chart by toggling Background option to On. For the demonstration purpose, we added light yellow color with 38% transparency.
Similarly, you can add Borders to a Ribbon Chart by toggling Border option from Off to On.
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