Lollipop Column Chart

by Nova SilvaMicrosoft 365Freemium

Create lollipop-style column charts in Power BI with markers, connecting lines, labels, tooltips, and conditional formatting.

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Lollipop Column Chart — screenshot from the Microsoft Marketplace listing

What it does

Replaces standard column bars with markers connected to the measure-axis origin by lines. Data points, lines, axes, labels, tooltips, and reference lines can be configured within Power BI. The chart supports selection, highlighting, context-menu filtering, conditional formatting, and report-page tooltips. A free trial is available in Power BI Desktop, with a licensed version for production use and sharing in Power BI Service.

Key capabilities

from the Microsoft Marketplace listing

Point formatting

Data point markers can be formatted by changing their color, size, fill, and shape.

Line controls

Connecting lines can be formatted and switched on or off.

Axis formatting

Axis formatting options follow those available in the Power BI Clustered Column Chart.

Selection highlighting

The chart supports selection and partial highlighting of data.

Context filtering

The context menu supports including or excluding data points.

Tooltip support

Tooltips can show hovered values, additional fields, or another report page used as a tooltip.

Data labels

Data labels can be added and formatted.

Reference lines

Reference lines can be added through the Analytics pane.

Use cases

  • Display categories with larger category counts using markers and lines instead of filled bars.
  • Share reports containing the chart through Power BI Service with a licensed version.

How it compares

Lollipop Column Chart is freemium and cloud-deployed, like Bullet Chart - xViz and Dual Y-Axis Combo Chart (Standard), while 100% Clustered Stacked Bar Chart (Standard) and Multi Line Chart with Tooltips are paid, and Ridgeline Plot by Powerviz is free. It was updated on Aug 2026, compared with Dec 2025 for Bullet Chart - xViz and Dual Y-Axis Combo Chart (Standard), Jan 2025 for Multi Line Chart with Tooltips, Apr 2024 for 100% Clustered Stacked Bar Chart (Standard), and Jul 2026 for Ridgeline Plot by Powerviz. The listing states support for lollipop markers, connecting lines, data labels, tooltips, conditional formatting, and reference lines.

NamePricingDeploymentUpdated
Lollipop Column Chartthis pluginFreemiumCloud
Bullet Chart - xVizFreemiumCloud
Dual Y-Axis Combo Chart (Standard)FreemiumCloud
100% Clustered Stacked Bar Chart (Standard)Not in catalog
Multi Line Chart with TooltipsPaidCloud
Ridgeline Plot by PowervizFreeCloud

In the catalog

657 plugins in Power BI · Analytics

Price distribution: 73 free, 108 freemium, 441 paid, 35 price not published

Pricing & deployment

Platform
Microsoft 365
Product
Power BI
Deployment
Cloud
Pricing
Freemium

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What the vendor says

«Standard column charts are ideal for showing a single measure per category so you can easily compare each of the categories with the rest. However, if you have larger number of categories (>10) in a column chart it is possible the chart itself becomes “heavy” because large part of the surface of the chart will be …»

Official marketplace listing

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