https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89861

Andy <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Andy <[email protected]> ---
The request was concerning specifying an old version where the behaviour was
different, I think.
I am sorry but I am not really able to fulfill it, so I cannot assure if it is
a regression or not.
However, As I tried to explain, the data labels applied to a bar chart with a
single series of bars in % format all = 100% make no sense; and even when the
bar series are more than one, % would be more useful if measured the relevance
of a bar within its series, not, as it is now of a bar within the bars of
related to the same item. Of course, best thing would be being able to choose.
Let me put out an example: suppose you are representing the distribution of
some group with respect to political opinion; say this can be left,
center-left, center-right or right.
If you want to show this with a bar chart, and 23% of the group say ther're
center-left oriented, you would like to see this figure at the top of the bar.
Now suppose you have counted people by political opinion distinguishing males
from females; you will have two bars for center-left, one for male and the
other for females. If oyu want to compare opinion of males and females, you are
more interested to know that, AMONG MALES, say 18% are center-left, while the
same ratio AMONG FEMALES is instead higher, say 29%.
What you will get now instead are 2 figures telling you that, AMONG THOSE WHO
ARE CENTER-LEFT, 18/(18+29)= 38,3% are males and 61,7% are females. Thi could
be of some interest as well, but the first information is IMHO more important,
and it is the one expected in such case, I would say.

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