Format X-Axis of a Power BI Column Chart

Step 1: Click on the X-axis option a drop-down will appears. We have multiple options available here i.e. Values and Title. Click on the Values option, and a drop-down appears. For example, the values are Arushi, Gautam, etc. A font is an option used to select the type of text we want to show on the x-axis in the chart, we can also set the size of the text, etc.

Step 2: Similarly, click on the title option. For example, the title is Employee Name. To change the color of the title of the x-axis, click on the color option. Select the required color. Here, we have selected orange color, and the Employee Name is changed to orange color.

A column chart is a vertical chart, which could present a single bar with multiple stacks in it. We have various options to format column charts, we can change the value of the x-axis, y-axis, its title, etc. In this article, we will learn how to format a column chart in Power BI and explore its various options.

Formatting a Column Chart In Power BI

After the successful, creation of a column chart in Power BI. There are several ways we may format it. Adding a title, modifying the chart’s color and position, and adding tooltips, bar colors, and data labels are a few examples. We were provided a dataset, a name, and an employee. To make the column chart, we added the employee’s name to the x-axis and added the employee’s pay and bonus to the y-axis. We will examine every Power BI column chart option using this chart. In visualizations, there are two forms of formatting:

• Format X-xis
• Format Y-axis
• Visual formatting and
• General formatting, we will discuss all in this article.