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# Label Formatting

Label formatting allows us to control the appearance of data lables on various data points of charts. Label formatting applies only to measures.

## Key Settings

### Position

The data label can be placed at the **Top, Center or Bottom** of the data points.

### Rotate

Rotate can be used to rotate the data labels in the following ways

* Horizontal (0 degree)
* Vertical (90 degrees)
* Angled (45 degrees)

### **Show / Hide Labels**

* **Always** - Always displays the data label
* **Never** - Data label is never displayed

### Data Label Style

* The **font type, size, and color** of the Axis Label can be applied.
* Text formatting options like **bold, italics, and underline** can be applied to the axis label.

### Formatting

Various formats can be applied to the Y-axis labels&#x20;

* **Display Formats**
  * **Number** - Number fields can be displayed in one of the following formats
    * Crores
    * Lakhs
    * Thousands
    * Billion
    * Million
    * Indian NS (with Suffix)
    * Western NS (with Suffix)
    * Indian NS (with separator)
    * Western NS (with separator)
  * **Percentage**
  * **Currency** - The currency of the selected country.&#x20;
  * **Finance**
  * **Accounting** - The accounting year of the selected country.
* **Decimals** - Decimals settings allow users to control the number of decimal places displayed in numerical values. E.g., 0 for whole numbers, 2 for 2 digits after decimal.
* **Prefix** - The **Prefix** setting allows users to add a predefined text or symbol before numerical values in axis labels.
* **Suffix** - The **Suffix** setting allows users to add a predefined text or symbol after numerical values in axis labels.

<figure><img src="https://2529980633-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FK8cCKBpIeUsWEwOw3Fbj%2Fuploads%2FqYpseM7uHciyagBcTlmU%2Fdatalabel.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=2c93a39a-144c-4f71-988f-3b3f40d3168b" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Data Label Formatting</p></figcaption></figure>
