Formatting a visual

How to format your visual exactly the way you want.

Once you’ve created a visual, you can adjust how your data is displayed. Formatting options control the appearance and readability of your chart.

Control how data is presented along your chart axes.

  • Edit axis – Change the measure or dimension used for an axis.

  • Format axis – Adjust scale, tick marks, and number formatting.

  • Spacing – Add or reduce padding around axis labels.

  • Rotation – Rotate labels for readability.

  • Show/Hide axis – Toggle an axis on or off.

  • Add and format labels to show exact values.

  • Format, move, or hide the legend.

  • Add and style a title for a visualization.

  • Add, remove, or customize tooltip data.

  • Format the chart, rather than the data (background, gridlines, borders, fonts, text sizes).

These options affect the placement, layout, and overall control of a visual in your canvas:

  • Flip visual: Swap X and Y axes.

  • Fill available space: Resize the chart to fill the visual cell.

  • Resize to fit: Adjust the visual cell size to neatly fit the chart.

  • Show data: Display the underlying data table.

  • Reset visual: Revert the chart to a blank state.

  • Scroll anchor position: Set where the chart scrolls from

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