Continuous Area Chart Labelling Issue

[a_mullick]

Hi,

I've come across a strange issue with the labelling in a continuous area chart. The x-axis shows a day of year number, the y-axis shows a % change value. However, if a user chooses to select a range of days, the day numbers are shown as a %, as if it's picking up the number formatting from the y-axis expression:

This does not happen if a user hovers over a data point in the chart, it shows the day number correctly:

Additionally, in a similar continuous line chart, which has an integer value for the y-axis, this is not observed, and the day number is shown as expected:

We're using Qlik Sense November 2025 patch 2.

Has anyone come across this before, or have an idea how to fix it? I've tried wrapping the day number field in a Num() formatting function, but it still comes out as a %.

Many thanks,

Azam

[rubenmarin]

Hi, it would be nice if you could upload a dummy app that demonstrates the behaviour, so we could test in out environments and look if there is a solution.

[a_mullick]

Hi,

Dummy app attached as requested. 

Thanks,

Azam

[rubenmarin]

Hi, I did some test and it always shows using the number format of the Y axis.

I tried creating a master item, using Num() in expression with different number formats, setting the format on script.

The closest solution was to change the % format to numeric with 2 decimals (without percentage), and multiply the expression by 100.

Another option could be to add a dummy measure with Null() as expression and integer as format, but this way also changes the format of the Y axis, so the result is the same but with an extra measure, so more messier that the previous workaround.

Not the result we wanted. I upload them just in case it gives you another idea that works better.

[a_mullick]

Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to look at this. Both your suggestions have merit, but I think it does point to this being a bit of a bug, so I'll raise it with Qlik. In the meantime, I have reverted to using a non-continuous y-axis with scrolling.

Many thanks,

Azam

[rubenmarin]

I agree, the format of the Y-axis measure should not set the format of the X-axis filters.