# Bar Chart

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart/506>\
**Category:** Archived Topics\
**Created:** [January 23, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart/506 "2008-01-23T15:44:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![matth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@matth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matth)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart/506/1 "2008-01-23T15:44:49Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to create a bar chart in the report viewer. The data is in dollars, so it’s floating point and it needs to have a $ on the front. Is there any way to modify the vertical axis to show this? I noticed there is an update for FPMI to modify certain chart axis parameters, but nothing for the value formatting (unless I missed it). Is there any way to, in either chart, change the way the values are displayed on the axis?

Thanks,  
Matt

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart/506/2 "2008-01-23T16:00:10Z")

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Actually, you’re in luck. This is very easy to do with the bar chart in the report viewer. Simply select your chart (the top-most part of it - not the legend or the actual plot object), and click on the “Format” tab in the upper-right of the report desinger. Here you’ll be able to select a number format option, such as currency (starting with $), and it will apply to the numeric Y axis.

As for the standard FactoryPMI bar chart, this would be a good feature request, I’ll put it in.

Hope this helps,