Legends on visual types in QuickSight - Amazon QuickSight
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Legends on visual types in QuickSight

The visual legend helps you identify what a visual element represents by mapping its value to a color. By default, the visual legend displays to the right of the visual. You can choose to hide or display the visual legend, and format the legend title and position.

To display or hide a visual legend

  1. Sign in to Amazon QuickSight at https://quicksight.aws.amazon.com/.

  2. On the analysis page, choose the visual that you want to format.

  3. Choose the visual that you want to format, and then choose the Properties icon to open the Properties pane.

  4. Toggle the Legend on to display the visual's legend. When shown, the legend displays the values in alphabetical order. To hide the legend, toggle the Legend switch off.

To customize a visual legend

  1. Open the Properties pane and expand the Legend section.

  2. For Legend title, enter a custom name for the legend.

  3. Use the Position dropdown to customize the position of the legend in the visual.

  4. Choose the X icon at upper right to close the Properties pane.