Percentage data labels in stacked column chart without converting to 100% stacked column chart

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I’ve searched around and not found a solution to this issue so I’m wondering if it is possible to do.

When I select a brand, I’d like the data labels to show the % of total sales within the selected brand for a stacked column chart:

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Measure for above chart:
MAT Sales = CALCULATE( [Sales Total], DATESINPERIOD('Dates'[Date],LASTDATE('Dates'[Date]),-1,YEAR) ) // To get the Moving Average Total Sales TY

For example, in year 2020, the bottom column (dark blue) label is showing as 49% rather than 1,351K
And this is without the column chart displaying like a 100% stacked column chart:
I’ve seen some solutions around that involve creating a measure and putting it in as a tooltip but this is not what I’m after.

I’m not sure this is possible as the data label is reflecting the actual value and the value, if used converts the chart to a 100% stacked.

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My measure that creates a 100% stacked

MAT Sales % Of Products Within Brand = DIVIDE( [MAT Sales] , [MAT Sales ALL Products Within Brand] , 0) // % of total MAT Sales within the selected brand

Appreciate any ideas and thoughts, thanks.

Tim

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I do not advise this, as generally end-users will expect a bar chart like this to show dollar or quantity amounts, not percentage of amount.

However, it is possible to change your measure value to show as % of Grand Total:
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but be aware, this will change the y-axis to a percentage:

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