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Label the lines directly

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Peter Larsen on 13 Jul 2019 19:06:46

I would like to be able to label lines directly in a line chart. Placing the legend either at the beginning or at the end of the line makes it easier for the readers to identify the lines.

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Budi Kristianto on 15 Feb 2022 02:36:20

RE: Label the lines directly

I'd like this feature too. I saw someone raised this question on the powerbi community page too with an example https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Data-label-end-of-line-name-of-the-legend-category/m-p/968460#M463769

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Laura Laura on 11 Jun 2021 16:47:38

RE: Label the lines directly

This is data visualisation best practice and both Excel and Tableau can do it.

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Peter Holmes on 03 Jun 2021 01:03:54

RE: Label the lines directly

I can't believe this isn't currently possible, as mentioned by Dawn Kernen. Industry standard for Data Visualisation
Its easy in Excel using data lables.

Should be an option to choose different fields for the table (i.e. value, series etc).

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Dawn Kernen on 29 Nov 2020 19:15:27

RE: Label the lines directly

This is best practice for data visualization and it should be available as an option other than a separate legend.