SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3758985 - Unable to align the text box vertically in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Symptom

Unable to align the text box vertically in SAC

Environment

SAP Analytics Cloud 2026.2.16

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login to SAC
  2. Navigate to files and create or open a story 
  3. Create or edit a text box and open the Designer tab.  

Notice: Under alignment there is no option to align the text vertically

Cause

Vertical text alignment is not supported for text widgets; only Left, Right, Center, and Justify are available within the widget

Resolution

  1. For Canvas stories, select the text widget and rotate it by 90 degrees to achieve a vertical text appearance. 
  2. For Responsive pages, note that rotating text widgets is currently not supported. If vertical text is required in Responsive pages, 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

vertical text, text widget, rotate text, canvas story, responsive page, vertical alignment, text alignment, left right center justify, sac, SAP analytics cloud, story design, widget rotation, vertical orientation, optimized story experience, page design , KBA , LOD-ANA-DES-TXT , SAC Story Text Widget and Dynamic Text , Problem

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0