Best practice for custom text labels on bars (inverted axes) in Section Report

Best practice for custom text labels on bars (inverted axes) in Section Report

Posted by: alexander.kainz on 29 January 2026, 5:04 am EST

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  alexander.kainz

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  Posted 29 January 2026, 5:04 am EST - Updated 29 January 2026, 5:09 am EST

  Hello,

  I am creating a bar chart in ActiveReports (Section Report) with two series (sometimes more). The axes are inverted so the bars are horizontal (see image 1).

  Now I would like every bar to show a custom text label next to it — not the default data point marker that displays the numeric value, but an arbitrary string (e.g., “This is my test 1”, “This is my test 2”, etc., see image 2).

  My questions:

  1. Is it possible to do this using annotations in ActiveReports charts?

  2. Can an annotation be anchored to a specific bar/data point so it stays attached when the chart layout changes (different number of series/categories, resizing, etc.)?

  3. If annotations are not the right approach: What is the recommended / best-practice solution for placing custom text labels per bar in a Section Report chart?

  Any hints, examples, or documentation links would be very helpful.

  Thank you!

  Regards, Alexander

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  anand.sinha

  

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  Posted 30 January 2026, 4:49 am EST

  Hi Alexander,

  You can show a label alongside your bars by using the chart edit dialog and going to ‘Series’, then selecting your series and defining a marker for it.
  
  In the marker.Format you can define your string as ‘This is my value: {Value},’ and the ‘Value’ will get replaced by the bar’s value.

  Do note: You cannot use any other field value to be shown in the label other than the bar’s value itself.

  Please find attached a sample implementing the same for your reference.

  Regards,
  
  Anand

  ChartBarValues(RPX).zip