Animation
The Animation card plays an entrance animation when the chart appears: the data is drawn, then the labels fade in.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Animation (card toggle) | Turns the animation on or off. On by default. |
| Type | Fade: the whole visual fades in at once. Grow (default): the axes and the legend fade in, the data is drawn (see the table below), then the data labels, significance markers, base row, Add. Table and Note fade in. Cascade: a variant of Grow, see below. |
| Duration (ms) | Duration of the whole animation, from 100 to 5000 ms. 800 ms by default. The labels start fading in halfway through the drawing and end with it. |
When the animation plays
The animation plays only when the data changes: when the report opens, when a filter or a slicer is changed, or when a drill-down level changes. It does not replay when you:
- resize the visual;
- change a setting in the Format pane;
- select a series or a point.
It is never played:
- during an export to PDF or PowerPoint (Power BI service and Desktop), or when a subscription e-mail is rendered. The visual is drawn in its final state straight away, so exports are not slowed down;
- when the viewer's operating system asks for reduced motion (an accessibility setting in Windows, macOS, iOS and Android).
What each chart does
| Chart | Grow | Cascade |
|---|---|---|
| Line Chart | the lines are drawn from left to right | the lines are drawn one after the other |
| Column Chart | the columns grow from the zero line (negative ones downwards); bars grow from left to right | same as Grow |
| Scatter | the points expand from the centre of the plot | the points are uncovered from left to right |
| Pie / Donut | the slices open like a fan, over the chart's real angle (half circles included) | the pies of a small multiple open one after the other |
| Radar | the series expand from the centre | same as Grow |
| Gradient Heatmap | the surface and its isolines are uncovered from left to right | uncovered from top to bottom |