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New Reports - Graphing/editing limitations need to be fixed

  • Oct 16, 2026 4:07 PM UTC
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Hi,

I am new to using the new reports feature, but have disocvered a couple of serious limitations associated with basic graphing features. First, when creating a frequency chart, the only response option categories that appear on the X-axis are those that have been selected by respondents. For example, on a 1 to 5 Liker-type scale, if respondents select 3 through 5, then the options1-2 don’t even appear on the graph. How is ignoring half the scale, by default, effective communication? Allowing selection of axis points to display is helpful, but not allowing the user to choose the scale is not helpful.

Second, the width of the bars is not adjustable, and the default width is too skinny to create a visually appealing graph.

These are basic graphing features not present in the product you want/require users to move to on April 1, 2027. If these are not fixed, I would be forced to download data and create my own reports/graphs. That’s doable, but is uncessary extra effort that would lead me to reconsider whether Qualtrics is worth the cost. It has been, by far, my favorite tool for 10+ years, but this would be a huge limitation. Not sure why that would be acceptable from Qualtrics’ end; hopefully this and related reporting flexibility will get fixed before the transition date.

Thank you,

Chad Briggs

Judson University

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  • Nov 2, 2026 2:16 PM UTC

Hi ​@briggs3228 ,

 

I hear you pain!  I have raised many requests over the years with the benchmark to make charting in the dashboards and reports more like excel.  If no one has mentioned it already there is a product ideas section, which you’ll no doubt be directed to if you raise the concern through Qualtrics support team and that in itself will just enter into a deep pit of other ideas that other people have raised like myself.  But that is the way to do it and so once you’ve raised an ideas please publish it here (the title is needed to find it) and I’m sure many people will add their vote onto it.

 

Hope that helps a little

 

Thanks