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3773948 - Diagonal axis label styling is unavailable for horizontally oriented charts in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Symptom

The diagonal axis label style is not available for charts created in horizontal orientation in SAC

Environment

SAP Analytics Cloud 2026.8.10

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login to the SAC 
  2. Open the story.
  3. click on the chart created in the horizontal orientation and open the styling panel.
  4. Scroll below to the label section.

Notice: In the axis label direction, the diagonal option is not visible.

Cause

By design behavior of the product.

Resolution

You can change the chart orientation to vertical from the builder panel and then use the diagonal label direction.

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

horizontal chart, diagonal label, axis direction, label styling, SAC issue, chart orientation, story design, visualization issue, analytics cloud, axis label dropdown, diagonal option, chart styling, SAC feature request, SAC enhancement, SAC troubleshooting , KBA , LOD-ANA-DES , Story Design & Visualizations , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0