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AndrewK on 29 Jul 2017 03:35:00

for scatter plots, conditional formatting, and line plots, enable data viz to have a legend that is a color scale gradient

for example,
1) in scatter plot using saturation, we should have a legend that indicates what the darker and lighter colors represent
2) same goes for conditional formatting in tables and matrices
3) line charts without a field in the "legend" bucket (i.e. line charts represented by a single line) should be eligible for a line graph that has its color change according to a gradient as the value increases or decreases (e.g. a line graph that plots a growth rate could have green as positive growth and red as negative growth)

What's key here is that the legend shows the gradient, which means the max, min, and perhaps a few other points (e.g. middle) would be called out with their numeric value in the legend.

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Christian Wiskott on 11 Apr 2024 11:30:17

RE: color scale legend

Sometimes I'm really shocked by how many absolutely basic features have not yet been implemented by the devs.

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Giovanni Sanvito on 14 Jul 2023 08:50:48

RE: color scale legend

Yes, the colour gradient as a legend with dynamic min/max for shape maps (and anything else) should be included. Please Microsoft.

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Peter Johansson on 25 May 2023 10:55:13

RE: color scale legend

I would also like to add that this Gradient Legend addition be able to be used for custom Shape Maps visual as well

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Jesse Boggess on 16 Aug 2020 04:20:36

RE: color scale legend

Here we go, yet again another simple intuitive feature missing from Power BI. Yes, Microsoft, we need basic functionality.

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Kelsey on 16 Aug 2020 04:19:07

RE: color scale legend

Color saturation needs to be available for the legend feature.

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Nicola on 16 Aug 2020 04:18:48

RE: color scale legend

Having a colour saturation legend for the shape map would be extremely helpful

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EES on 16 Aug 2020 04:15:42

RE: color scale legend

Not having a legend for color saturation makes it very difficult to determine what the colors mean unless you click on the data point. Makes things very clunky

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Power BI User on 16 Aug 2020 04:15:36

RE: color scale legend

Please add this. It's quite disappointing that a visualization software as big as power bi does not have this.

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Mike Hamachek on 16 Aug 2020 04:15:14

RE: color scale legend

Please add this, as this is an essential requirement for properly labeling the data visualization.

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Nasmi I on 16 Aug 2020 04:14:50

RE: color scale legend

Color Saturation Legend is required for all visualizaiton