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Viktor Ferenczi on 06 Apr 2016 19:30:10

We often have additional statistical information on our data points, like min/max, standard deviation (error), percentiles, etc.

It would be nice to be able to render at least error bars showing the confidence interval for our data points.

Standard deviation could be provided on a separate column which we could drag into the visual.

It would be nice to have this basic feature in the base product without having to install custom visuals. (I could not find a custom visual for this either.)

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700d6845 bf5c-4635-9d5b-63d79cc89f0f on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:14

RE: Error bars

xviz does not support dynamic error bars, only static values. if someone wants to represent as error bars for example the real standard deviation of the data represented in a line chart it does not work with xviz. This feature is a must to implement.

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21862aea 6b42-40d9-b134-d7b6d5f82bd3 on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:55

RE: Error bars

https://xviz.com/visuals/multi-axes-chart/ does support error bars

Try it free from appsource
https://appsource.microsoft.com/en/product/power-bi-visuals/WA200000183?src=office&tab=Overview

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1762a0f6 9136-4730-a700-3938213cab9c on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:22

RE: Error bars

Another vote for this much-needed feature.

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08dd3214 51ee-4496-a913-f6307efaf3e4 on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:10

RE: Error bars

Really need capability to include error bars in bar, column, etc. charts since we are using this for research and development data.

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6259e5d0 7abf-488e-928b-1c1f4a096081 on 06 Jul 2020 00:02:23

RE: Error bars

Yes please please please.

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03e5e0fd c51f-4068-a3e9-f46327b958d8 on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:37

RE: Error bars

This is a necessity for anyone using power bi to display scientific research data. please add!

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4ef46501 5fab-4ded-839a-272ab339f093 on 05 Jul 2020 23:56:31

RE: Error bars

I got quite excited by the release of xViz mulitple access chart custom viz as this has error bars. However, you can only add fixed values, % or SD. This may meet some people's needs, but what we need is to be able to pick a field as you can in excel.

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9e6c099c 30aa-4399-8bc8-abe497e2c821 on 05 Jul 2020 23:55:54

RE: Error bars

It would increase users significantly from our company, if we could plot standard deviation in the bar chart.

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d888e991 3ec3-4808-bdc8-bebb54aaa057 on 05 Jul 2020 23:52:16

RE: Error bars

Error Bars are required at our organisation as this information is a useful visual to show min and max value of the mean score.

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1d8201e2 a36a-4525-8bb9-f517d819bc0c on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:06

RE: Error bars

This would be very much welcomed, particularly on lines. We've been making a very ugly work-around with combo charts, but this would really help improve our intelligence service and let us further kick our Excel habit.