Showing data values in other charts

You can show the data labels or data values within the chart so that the data values are more clear.

For example, you can display the data values above each bubble in a bubble chart to show the exact value of each bubble.

You can show data values for the following chart types: Pareto, progressive, scatter, and bubble.

Procedure

  1. Select the chart.
  2. In the Properties pane, double-click the Show values property.
  3. For each of the categories, series, and measures, select whether to show only values, values and labels, or neither.
  4. To show lines pointing from data labels to the data marker they apply to, select the Show leader lines check box.
  5. To specify how to display the labels if their positions on the chart overlap, in the Collision Mode list, click one of the following modes:
    • None specifies that labels appear in default positions and might overlap.
    • Normal (for pie and donut charts) specifies that labels are placed just above their corresponding data markers or chart objects. There is no collision detection, so labels can overlap.
    • Coarse Stagger specifies that labels are placed close to their data markers and staggered so that they do not overlap. This collision mode takes less time to render than Fine Stagger but might result in labels being farther away from their corresponding data markers.
    • Fine Stagger specifies that labels are staggered so that they do not overlap. The labels are as close to the data markers as possible without overlapping. This collision mode takes more time to render than Coarse Stagger but might result in labels being closer to their corresponding data markers.