Formatting reference

Every setting in the Bump Chart's Format pane (the paint-roller icon), card by card, with its range and default. For task-based walkthroughs, follow the links at the end of each section.

License

Setting	Type	Default
License key	Text	(empty)
Status	Read-only text	(hidden until a key is entered)

Only needed for environments AppSource licensing doesn't cover. See Direct license keys.

Ranking

Setting	Options	Default
Reverse Rank	On · Off	Off
Show only Top N items	On · Off	Off
Top N	1 – 100	10

Reverse Rank puts rank 1 at the bottom; the ranks themselves don't change.
Top N removes series that never reach the top N, and breaks the lines of those that leave it. Ranks are still calculated over the whole dataset.
Top N has no effect while Show only Top N items is off.

→ Ranking & Top N

Lines

Setting	Options	Default
Show	On · Off	On
Line Width	1 – 20	4
Curve Type	Linear · Smooth	Smooth
Opacity	0 – 100	100

Opacity is the baseline for dimming: unselected or unhighlighted series are drawn at 30% of it.

→ Lines

Data Points

Setting	Options	Default
Show	On · Off	On
Size	1 – 20	12
Node Shape	Circle · Square · Hexagon	Circle
Show Rank	On · Off	On
Rank Color	Any colour	`#FFFFFF`

Size is the marker's radius in pixels — 12 draws a circle about 24 px across.
The rank number's font size scales with Size; there is no separate control.
Show Rank and tooltips both require Show to be on — tooltips are attached to the markers.

→ Data Points

Data Labels

Setting	Options	Default
Show	On · Off	On
Show Left Labels	On · Off	On
Show Right Labels	On · Off	On
Text Size	6 – 40	10
Color	Any colour	`#000000`

A label appears only where a series' line actually starts or ends the timeline, and only if that end is inside the Top N. Each enabled side reserves plot width for the longest series name.

→ Data Labels

Legend

Setting	Options	Default
Show	On · Off	On
Position	Top · Bottom · Left · Right · Top Center · Bottom Center · Left Center · Right Center	Top
Title	Free text	(empty)
Color	Any colour	`#666666`
Text Size	6 – 40	8

No title is drawn until you type one. Legend markers are always circles, and legend items are clickable filters.

→ Legend

X-Axis

Setting	Options	Default
Show	On · Off	On
Text Size	6 – 40	10
Color	Any colour	`#000000`

Labels only — no axis line, no tick marks, and no vertical axis anywhere in the visual.

→ X-Axis

Tooltips

Setting	Options	Default
Show	On · Off	On
Display units	Auto · None · Thousands · Millions · Billions	Auto
Decimal places	0 – 15, or blank	(blank)

Both formatting settings apply only to the Value row; fields bound to the Tooltips well keep their own model formatting.
Blank Decimal places means "let the format string decide".
Show off suppresses report-page tooltips as well as standard ones.

→ Tooltips

Data Colors

One colour picker per series currently drawn, labelled with the series name.

Defaults come from the report theme palette.
Colours are keyed by the series name, so a series keeps its colour across refreshes and filters.
With Show only Top N items on, only the surviving series are listed.

→ Data Colors

Settings the host overrides

Mode	What changes
High contrast	Every colour comes from the Windows system palette: all lines take the foreground colour, rank numbers the background colour, and markers gain a contrasting outline. Your settings are kept and return when high contrast is switched off.
Dashboard tiles / read-only hosts	Selection and cross-filtering are disabled by Power BI. Tooltips and rendering are unaffected.
Cross-highlighting	Series that aren't part of another visual's highlight are dimmed to 30%. Ranks are not recalculated — see Being filtered by other visuals.

Setting the Bump Chart from a report theme

All of these settings can be set in a report theme JSON file, which is the practical way to standardize many reports — or to deploy a direct license key across a tenant. Use the visual's GUID as the key:

{
  "name": "Bump Chart defaults",
  "visualStyles": {
    "bumpChartB48F185DA6DB46AB89E89E3C66CAF28C": {
      "*": {
        "ranking": [{ "reverse": false, "showTopNOnly": true, "topNCount": 10 }],
        "lines": [
          { "show": true, "lineWidth": 3, "interpolation": "smooth", "opacity": 80 }
        ],
        "dataPoints": [
          {
            "show": true,
            "size": 10,
            "shape": "circle",
            "showLabels": true,
            "labelColor": { "solid": { "color": "#FFFFFF" } }
          }
        ],
        "labels": [
          {
            "show": true,
            "showLeftLabels": false,
            "showRightLabels": true,
            "fontSize": 10,
            "color": { "solid": { "color": "#333333" } }
          }
        ],
        "legend": [
          {
            "show": true,
            "position": "Top",
            "titleText": "",
            "fontSize": 9,
            "labelColor": { "solid": { "color": "#666666" } }
          }
        ],
        "xAxis": [
          { "show": true, "fontSize": 10, "color": { "solid": { "color": "#333333" } } }
        ],
        "tooltips": [{ "show": true, "displayUnits": "auto", "decimalPlaces": 0 }]
      }
    }
  }
}

Values match the pane options exactly: interpolation is "linear" or "smooth"; shape is "circle", "square" or "hexagon"; displayUnits is "auto", "none", "thousands", "millions" or "billions"; position is one of "Top", "Bottom", "Left", "Right", "TopCenter", "BottomCenter", "LeftCenter", "RightCenter".

note

Report themes set defaults. Anything an editor changes in the Format pane wins over the theme for that visual.

Out-of-range values are safe

Every numeric setting is re-checked when the report loads. A value outside the ranges on this page — from a hand-edited theme file, or a report saved by an older build — is clamped back into range rather than breaking the visual, and the Format pane then shows the value the chart actually used.

License​

Ranking​

Lines​

Data Points​

Data Labels​

Legend​

X-Axis​

Tooltips​

Data Colors​

Settings the host overrides​

Setting the Bump Chart from a report theme​

See also​