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3756485 - Unable to change axis label orientation to vertical in a chart within a Story report in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Symptom

Unable to change axis label orientation to vertical in a chart within a Story report in SAC

Environment

SAP Analytics Cloud 2026.8.5 

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login to SAC
  2. Open the story in edit mode.
  3. Select a Chart widget on the page.
  4. Open the Right-Side Panel and select Styling.
  5. Under the option "Labels" expend the options for "Axis Label Direction".

Note: No option for Vertical(top-to-bottom) Direction.

Cause

By design behavior of the product  

Resolution

Kindly submit an enhancement request to request this feature as per - 2424376 - How do you create an enhancement request and provide feedback for SAP Analytics Cloud?

See Also

Keywords

axis label direction, vertical axis labels, SAC story report, chart styling, diagonal labels, horizontal labels, legend sorting, pie chart visualization, enhancement request, SAC chart options , KBA , LOD-ANA-DES , Story Design & Visualizations , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0