Power BI Stacked Bar chart & Stacked Column Chart both are most usable visuals in Power BI.
Stacked Bar chart is useful to compare multiple dimensions against a single measure. In a stacked bar chart, Axis is represented on Y-axis and Value on X-axis.
Note: Refer 100% Stacked Bar Chart in Power BI.
Let’s start with an example
Step-1: Download Sample data : SuperStoreUS-2015.xlxs
Step-2: Open Power Bi file and drag Stacked Bar chart from Visualization Pane to Power Bi Report page.
Step-3: Click any where on bar chart then go to Format section pane & drag columns to Fields, see below image for your reference.
- Axis: ‘Region’
- Legend: ‘Product Category’
- Value: ‘Sales’

Stacked Bar Chart Power Bi
Required Fields description
- Axis: Specify the Column that represent the Horizontal Bars.
- Legend: Specify the Column to divide the Horizontal Bars.
- Values: Any Numeric value such as Sales amount, Total Sales etc.
Step-4: Set Chart font size, font family, X axis, Y axis & Data labels colors.
Click any where on chart then go to Format Section & set below properties-
- General: Allows you to set X axis, Y axis, width & height of Bar chart.
- Data colors: Using this section you can change the colors used for each series in the chart.
- Y-Axis: Using this section allows you to modify the appearance of the Y-Axis section of this chart.
- X-Axis: Using this section allows you to modify the appearance of the X-Axis section of this chart.
- Data labels: Its enable values on bar chart.

Stacked Bar Chart Properties
How to enable Total values for Stacked Chart Visual?
Refer this : Turn on Total labels for Stacked Chart
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