Create Secondary Axis/Dual Axis Chart for Power BI

Create Secondary Axis/Dual Axis Chart for Power BI


This visual is created from advance visual Dual Y-Axis Combo Chart



Steps to create Secondary Axis/Dual Axis Chart from Dual Y-Axis Combo Chart


Step 1. Map your data in the fields available

Here ‘Country’ is mapped under Category. ‘Sales’ and ‘Units Sold’ mapped under Value 1 and Value 2 respectively.

Secondary Axis/Dual Axis Chart

Step 2. Choose the Series Type

Go to Format Visual tab. Under ‘Value 1’ section Series Type will be Bar. For ‘Value 2’ make Series Type as Area.
e.g. - Here for Sales we have kept Bar and for Quantity Sold we have kept Area.

Secondary Axis/Dual Axis Chart

Step 3. Select the Axis Type

In case you want to show the data in secondary axis you can select Secondary under Y axis.
e.g. - for Value 1, we have selected Primary for Y axis and for Value 2, Secondary for Y axis.
Please note, values which are bound to Primary X axis will appear behind to the values plotted on Secondary X axis.

Secondary Axis/Dual Axis Chart

Step 4. Format your visual further

You can further format your visual like color, size, opacity of your series, labels, legend etc under the same tab ‘Format Visual’.

Secondary Axis/Dual Axis Chart