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New features in the April 2024 Power BI Desktop update Part two of a two-part series of blogs |
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The April 2024 Power BI update includes a new 100% stacked area chart visual and some minor new line chart formatting options - but still none of the big beasts lurking in preview!
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Here are some of the new ways in which you can format line charts!
You can now change the transparency of a line chart:
Here this line is more transparent than not.
The results can be a bit wishy-washy, but you get what you ask for in life:
Why not just choose a lighter colour?
When smoothing a line, you can choose between Monotone and Cardinal smoothing types:
The best way to see what each option looks like it is to try it, as shown below.
Here's what each choice would show:
Monotone is on the left, Cardinal on the right. Monotone has more smoothing applied, it would seem.
You can now choose between 3 positions for step charts:
The 3 positions you can choose.
Here's what each might look like:
This property controls when a step should begin: at the beginning of a data point, in the middle or at the end of it.
Microsoft have promised more line chart enhancements to come in the coming months.
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