# Report XY Chart not showing Pen in legend

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-xy-chart-not-showing-pen-in-legend/114572>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** reporting\
**Created:** [March 19, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-xy-chart-not-showing-pen-in-legend/114572 "2026-03-19T13:37:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spencer\_Collins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/spencer_collins/32/86815_2.png) [@Spencer\_Collins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Spencer_Collins)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-xy-chart-not-showing-pen-in-legend/114572/1 "2026-03-19T13:37:27Z")

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I have been unable to get the Report “XY Chart” to show the Pen color on the Legend for the “Line” or “Line w/ Gaps” style.

The Legend Pen color does appear when I use Report Preview, It does not appear when the report is generated as a pdf.

I have gotten the legend to work when using a shape as the style but not my preferred appearance.

 ![Carbon Silo PDF 2026-03-19 083548](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/d/bdc4d65ea928e7f9d0f244cd800a7bb08361a4f3.png)

 ![CarbonSiloPreview 2026-03-19 083435](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/9/e9cd46dad17a3a0aaf03431082f345348736fa41.png)

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**Author:** ![Spencer\_Collins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/spencer_collins/32/86815_2.png) [@Spencer\_Collins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Spencer_Collins)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-xy-chart-not-showing-pen-in-legend/114572/2 "2026-03-19T13:40:17Z")

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![EafBottomTcReport 2026-03-19 083927](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/5/353ec5688af6b1de77aacefe56b67ad809f3c254.png)Same issue on this report with 8 Pens which is much more of an issue

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**Author:** ![Spencer\_Collins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/spencer_collins/32/86815_2.png) [@Spencer\_Collins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Spencer_Collins)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-xy-chart-not-showing-pen-in-legend/114572/3 "2026-03-19T16:16:31Z")

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Welp, this is a known issue.

I found the answer in another post. Thank you @Vi_Quang

[https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-resolution-degradation/110171/4?u=spencer\_collins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-resolution-degradation/110171/4)

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**Author:** ![Vi\_Quang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/vi_quang/32/82707_2.png) [@Vi\_Quang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vi_Quang)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-xy-chart-not-showing-pen-in-legend/114572/4 "2026-03-19T21:11:31Z")

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The link you cited was resolved in 8.3.1. In that particular case, in Preview, legends would show the line, but the PDF output has an empty box. There was a workaround to that problem: check the Use Raster property.

This looks to be an entirely different problem. Can you provide me with the Ignition version you’re using?

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**Author:** ![Spencer\_Collins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/spencer_collins/32/86815_2.png) [@Spencer\_Collins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Spencer_Collins)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-xy-chart-not-showing-pen-in-legend/114572/5 "2026-03-20T11:53:48Z")

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I was on 8.3.0 when I experienced this issue, Yesterday afternoon I upgraded to 8.3.4 which resolved the issue.

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**Author:** ![Vi\_Quang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/vi_quang/32/82707_2.png) [@Vi\_Quang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vi_Quang)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-xy-chart-not-showing-pen-in-legend/114572/6 "2026-03-20T15:10:44Z")

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Thanks. I misread this it appears:

> [@Spencer\_Collins](#):
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> The Legend Pen color does appear when I use Report Preview, It does not appear when the report is generated as a pdf.