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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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a4da31fa 4c09-4f2f-bd6b-e9b8be5166ec 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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a565ebc1 698c-4493-8e35-e5e96006ce8f 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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25edf65c 1be7-4309-aa8f-d76a83f860ad 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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d7f9ed5a 400c-4185-845c-f4f57307d065 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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74b90c62 b5ab-4aef-8da7-11f321bb591b 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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e3ed90e2 3b12-42cc-8705-3af3244858ad 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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66bffdff 5f35-4345-9fda-6d39a2c5b128 on 16 Aug 2020 04:14:50

RE: color scale legend

Color Saturation Legend is required for all visualizaiton

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501fd9e3 f0db-41af-bd7d-ac1dd63434dc on 16 Aug 2020 04:09:11

RE: color scale legend

It would be preferable to have color legends for all charts, especially for the shape map.

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f24c219f b591-4950-ac64-5af3b9180472 on 16 Aug 2020 04:09:04

RE: color scale legend

Legend for Color Saturation is required in whichever chart is applicable.

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651e2105 8586-4295-8ecb-b768e8ff7ccd on 16 Aug 2020 04:08:44

RE: color scale legend

Color Legend (or color scale) to identify the variable and the values range applied in color saturation with scatter plot and others visuals will be very helpful