diff --git a/src/chart/custom.js b/src/chart/custom.js
index c9f93e6aead3394d208f599a5a540a42b1c17ad8..a409fd87505aefd58b39d62dae4937208dfa200a 100644
--- a/src/chart/custom.js
+++ b/src/chart/custom.js
@@ -366,19 +366,17 @@ function makeRenderItem(customSeries, data, ecModel, api) {
         var opacity = data.getItemVisual(dataIndexInside, 'opacity');
         opacity != null && (itemStyle.opacity = opacity);
 
-        if (!data.getDimensionBrief('noDefaultLabel')) {
-            graphicUtil.setTextStyle(itemStyle, currLabelNormalModel, null, {
-                autoColor: currVisualColor,
-                isRectText: true
-            });
+        graphicUtil.setTextStyle(itemStyle, currLabelNormalModel, null, {
+            autoColor: currVisualColor,
+            isRectText: true
+        });
 
-            itemStyle.text = currLabelNormalModel.getShallow('show')
-                ? zrUtil.retrieve2(
-                    customSeries.getFormattedLabel(dataIndexInside, 'normal'),
-                    getDefaultLabel(data, dataIndexInside)
-                )
-                : null;
-        }
+        itemStyle.text = currLabelNormalModel.getShallow('show')
+            ? zrUtil.retrieve2(
+                customSeries.getFormattedLabel(dataIndexInside, 'normal'),
+                getDefaultLabel(data, dataIndexInside)
+            )
+            : null;
 
         extra && zrUtil.extend(itemStyle, extra);
         return itemStyle;
diff --git a/src/chart/funnel/FunnelView.js b/src/chart/funnel/FunnelView.js
index 8eb521e3e32063a49854ba626b58ee3705b12fdb..688f487c76e4725a527489f4af3f26eb376613ea 100644
--- a/src/chart/funnel/FunnelView.js
+++ b/src/chart/funnel/FunnelView.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as graphic from '../../util/graphic';
 import * as zrUtil from 'zrender/src/core/util';
 import ChartView from '../../view/Chart';
+import {getDefaultLabel} from '../helper/labelHelper';
 
 /**
  * Piece of pie including Sector, Label, LabelLine
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ funnelPieceProto._updateLabel = function (data, idx) {
         {
             labelFetcher: data.hostModel,
             labelDataIndex: idx,
-            defaultText: data.getName(idx),
+            defaultText: getDefaultLabel(data, idx, true),
             autoColor: visualColor,
             useInsideStyle: !!labelLayout.inside
         },
diff --git a/src/chart/helper/Line.js b/src/chart/helper/Line.js
index 18d0e9b35dcabea69e57062b928f823488cb775a..93532b49af85a8bc59383ab3f8d2a50f1b07c662 100644
--- a/src/chart/helper/Line.js
+++ b/src/chart/helper/Line.js
@@ -296,23 +296,21 @@ lineProto._updateCommonStl = function (lineData, idx, seriesScope) {
 
     var label = this.childOfName('label');
     var defaultLabelColor;
-    var defaultText;
     var normalText;
     var emphasisText;
 
     if (showLabel || hoverShowLabel) {
-        var rawVal = seriesModel.getRawValue(idx);
-        defaultText = rawVal == null
-            ? defaultText = lineData.getName(idx)
-            : isFinite(rawVal)
-            ? round(rawVal)
-            : rawVal;
         defaultLabelColor = visualColor || '#000';
 
-        normalText = zrUtil.retrieve2(
-            seriesModel.getFormattedLabel(idx, 'normal', lineData.dataType),
-            defaultText
-        );
+        normalText = seriesModel.getFormattedLabel(idx, 'normal', lineData.dataType);
+        if (normalText == null) {
+            var rawVal = seriesModel.getRawValue(idx);
+            normalText = rawVal == null
+                ? lineData.getName(idx)
+                : isFinite(rawVal)
+                ? round(rawVal)
+                : rawVal;
+        }
         emphasisText = zrUtil.retrieve2(
             seriesModel.getFormattedLabel(idx, 'emphasis', lineData.dataType),
             normalText
diff --git a/src/chart/helper/Symbol.js b/src/chart/helper/Symbol.js
index 43470fa08b53607f2c7d3d49bd2a0ede96bd856d..fb7919c16c6a3dc995bbe6a0c4b2e64b3ddfc6bf 100644
--- a/src/chart/helper/Symbol.js
+++ b/src/chart/helper/Symbol.js
@@ -260,17 +260,20 @@ symbolProto._updateCommon = function (data, idx, symbolSize, seriesScope) {
 
     var useNameLabel = seriesScope && seriesScope.useNameLabel;
 
-    if (useNameLabel || !data.getDimensionBrief('noDefaultLabel')) {
-        graphic.setLabelStyle(
-            elStyle, hoverItemStyle, labelModel, hoverLabelModel,
-            {
-                labelFetcher: seriesModel,
-                labelDataIndex: idx,
-                defaultText: useNameLabel ? data.getName(idx) : getDefaultLabel(data, idx),
-                isRectText: true,
-                autoColor: color
-            }
-        );
+    graphic.setLabelStyle(
+        elStyle, hoverItemStyle, labelModel, hoverLabelModel,
+        {
+            labelFetcher: seriesModel,
+            labelDataIndex: idx,
+            defaultText: getLabelDefaultText,
+            isRectText: true,
+            autoColor: color
+        }
+    );
+
+    // Do not execute util needed.
+    function getLabelDefaultText(idx, opt) {
+        return useNameLabel ? data.getName(idx) : getDefaultLabel(data, idx);
     }
 
     symbolPath.off('mouseover')
diff --git a/src/chart/helper/createListFromArray.js b/src/chart/helper/createListFromArray.js
index 6c76e8b09679b50f7ac62d871d7eec61d8227e7c..4002f888978fddb81fd77f49be7e5e737ce95e25 100644
--- a/src/chart/helper/createListFromArray.js
+++ b/src/chart/helper/createListFromArray.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as zrUtil from 'zrender/src/core/util';
 import List from '../../data/List';
 import createDimensions from '../../data/helper/createDimensions';
 import {SOURCE_FORMAT_ORIGINAL} from '../../data/helper/sourceHelper';
-import {getValueTypeByAxis} from '../../data/helper/dimensionHelper';
+import {getDimensionTypeByAxis} from '../../data/helper/dimensionHelper';
 import {getDataItemValue} from '../../util/model';
 import CoordinateSystem from '../../CoordinateSystem';
 import {getCoordSysDefineBySeries} from '../../model/referHelper';
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function createListFromArray(source, seriesModel) {
             var axisModel = coordSysDefine.axisMap.get(dim);
             if (axisModel) {
                 var axisType = axisModel.get('type');
-                dimInfo.type = getValueTypeByAxis(axisType);
+                dimInfo.type = getDimensionTypeByAxis(axisType);
                 dimInfo.stackable = isStackable(axisType);
             }
             return dimInfo;
diff --git a/src/chart/helper/labelHelper.js b/src/chart/helper/labelHelper.js
index 2fa948876efc535f3bf806237f68365ac875d5b5..7d53379f6d0be50a28d3ab20924b4c4553f0ab53 100644
--- a/src/chart/helper/labelHelper.js
+++ b/src/chart/helper/labelHelper.js
@@ -1,32 +1,30 @@
-import {SOURCE_FORMAT_ORIGINAL} from '../../data/helper/sourceHelper';
-
-// Get concrete dim.
-function getLabelValueDim(data) {
-    var labelDim = data.mapDimension('label');
-
-    return labelDim
-        ? labelDim
-        // Only if the source is own to a series, we can use the last.
-        // If the source is from dataset, it probably be shared by
-        // different series.
-        : data.getProvider().getSource().sourceFormat === SOURCE_FORMAT_ORIGINAL
-        ? data.getDimensionBrief('lastValueType')
-        : null;
-}
-
 /**
  * @param {module:echarts/data/List} data
  * @param {number} dataIndex
+ * @return {string} label string. Not null/undefined
  */
-export function getDefaultLabel(data, dataIndex) {
-    var val = data.get(getLabelValueDim(data), dataIndex);
-    return (val == null || isNaN(val)) ? '' : val;
-}
+export function getDefaultLabel(data, dataIndex, orName) {
+    var labelDims = data.mapDimension('defaultedLabel', true);
+    var len = labelDims.length;
 
-export function getLabelFromName(data, dataIndex) {
-    var labelDim = data.mapDimension('label');
-    return labelDim
-        ? data.get(labelDim, dataIndex)
-        : data.getName(dataIndex);
+    // Simple optimization (in lots of cases, label dims length is 1)
+    if (len === 1) {
+        var val = data.get(labelDims[0], dataIndex, true);
+        return formatLabelValue(val);
+    }
+    else if (len) {
+        var vals = [];
+        for (var i = 0; i < labelDims.length; i++) {
+            var val = data.get(labelDims[i], dataIndex, true);
+            vals.push(formatLabelValue(val));
+        }
+        return vals.join(', ');
+    }
+    else if (orName) {
+        return data.getName(dataIndex);
+    }
 }
 
+function formatLabelValue(val) {
+    return (val == null || isNaN(val)) ? '' : val;
+}
diff --git a/src/chart/pie/PieView.js b/src/chart/pie/PieView.js
index 606ba23fa10e2d0de2340dab743c2f94a0a25691..9175e0b8a27b4f0da810060d76cfb725bdfe2cf5 100644
--- a/src/chart/pie/PieView.js
+++ b/src/chart/pie/PieView.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as zrUtil from 'zrender/src/core/util';
 import * as graphic from '../../util/graphic';
 import ChartView from '../../view/Chart';
-import {getLabelFromName} from '../helper/labelHelper';
+import {getDefaultLabel} from '../helper/labelHelper';
 
 /**
  * @param {module:echarts/model/Series} seriesModel
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ piePieceProto._updateLabel = function (data, idx) {
         {
             labelFetcher: data.hostModel,
             labelDataIndex: idx,
-            defaultText: getLabelFromName(data, idx),
+            defaultText: getDefaultLabel(data, idx, true),
             autoColor: visualColor,
             useInsideStyle: !!labelLayout.inside
         },
diff --git a/src/chart/themeRiver/ThemeRiverSeries.js b/src/chart/themeRiver/ThemeRiverSeries.js
index 4644045c488473f504a7211688dcaf74ea51c9d0..da647168119f7ea0309fa91ac158977bd1ab89d9 100644
--- a/src/chart/themeRiver/ThemeRiverSeries.js
+++ b/src/chart/themeRiver/ThemeRiverSeries.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import SeriesModel from '../../model/Series';
 import createDimensions from '../../data/helper/createDimensions';
-import {getValueTypeByAxis} from '../../data/helper/dimensionHelper';
+import {getDimensionTypeByAxis} from '../../data/helper/dimensionHelper';
 import List from '../../data/List';
 import * as zrUtil from 'zrender/src/core/util';
 import {encodeHTML} from '../../util/format';
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ var ThemeRiverSeries = SeriesModel.extend({
             sysDimensions: [
                 {
                     name: 'single',
-                    type: getValueTypeByAxis(axisType)
+                    type: getDimensionTypeByAxis(axisType)
                 },
                 {
                     name: 'value',
diff --git a/src/data/List.js b/src/data/List.js
index 4bac8ba56a4de0dc22eebabaa49ad32f565bbbee..e69abdda3fe6a8a18ddd20a0b9dd70fc0aa4796b 100644
--- a/src/data/List.js
+++ b/src/data/List.js
@@ -313,14 +313,6 @@ listProto.mapDimension = function (coordDim, idx) {
         : null;
 };
 
-/**
- * @type {string} Specially, can also be 'lastValueType', 'noDefaultLabel'
- * @return {*}
- */
-listProto.getDimensionBrief = function (type) {
-    return this._dimensionsSummary.brief[type];
-};
-
 /**
  * Initialize from data
  * @param {Array.<Object|number|Array>} data source or data or data provider.
diff --git a/src/data/helper/completeDimensions.js b/src/data/helper/completeDimensions.js
index c35fc776617ebdcecda4de69b539c2be30fa011a..3952b43ccea4105b68d6363979fe68978bf0768b 100644
--- a/src/data/helper/completeDimensions.js
+++ b/src/data/helper/completeDimensions.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {OTHER_DIMENSIONS} from './dimensionHelper';
  * @return {Array.<Object>} [{
  *      name: string mandatory,
  *      coordDim: string mandatory,
+ *      isSysCoord: boolean True if the coord is from sys dimension.
  *      coordDimIndex: number mandatory,
  *      type: string optional,
  *      tooltipName: string optional,
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ function completeDimensions(sysDims, source, opt) {
             if (resultItem.name == null && sysDimItemDimsDef) {
                 resultItem.name = resultItem.tooltipName = sysDimItemDimsDef[coordDimIndex];
             }
+            resultItem.isSysCoord = true;
             // FIXME refactor, currently only used in case: {otherDims: {tooltip: false}}
             sysDimItemOtherDims && defaults(resultItem.otherDims, sysDimItemOtherDims);
         });
diff --git a/src/data/helper/dimensionHelper.js b/src/data/helper/dimensionHelper.js
index b1608a44211e6ab3b7c87579ef9321d7104683fd..be2bc0cad213b36d16555c613da78ce020696a4c 100644
--- a/src/data/helper/dimensionHelper.js
+++ b/src/data/helper/dimensionHelper.js
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ export var OTHER_DIMENSIONS = createHashMap([
 
 export function summarizeDimensions(data) {
     var summary = {};
-
     var encode = summary.encode = {};
+    var defaultedLabel = [];
+
     each(data.dimensions, function (dimName) {
         var dimItem = data.getDimensionInfo(dimName);
 
@@ -21,7 +22,11 @@ export function summarizeDimensions(data) {
             if (!encode.hasOwnProperty(coordDim)) {
                 coordDimArr = encode[coordDim] = [];
             }
-            coordDimArr[dimItem.coordDimIndex] = dimItem.name;
+            coordDimArr[dimItem.coordDimIndex] = dimName;
+
+            if (dimItem.isSysCoord && mayLabelDimType(dimItem.type)) {
+                defaultedLabel.push(dimName);
+            }
         }
 
         OTHER_DIMENSIONS.each(function (v, otherDim) {
@@ -37,17 +42,17 @@ export function summarizeDimensions(data) {
         });
     });
 
-    var labelEncode = summary.encode.label;
-    var briefLastValueType = findTheLastValueDimensions(data);
-    summary.brief = {
-        lastValueType: briefLastValueType,
-        noDefaultLabel: !(labelEncode && labelEncode[0]) && briefLastValueType == null
-    };
+    var encodeLabel = encode.label;
+    if (encodeLabel && encodeLabel.length) {
+        defaultedLabel = encode.label.slice();
+    }
+
+    encode.defaultedLabel = defaultedLabel;
 
     return summary;
 }
 
-export function getValueTypeByAxis(axisType) {
+export function getDimensionTypeByAxis(axisType) {
     return axisType === 'category'
         ? 'ordinal'
         : axisType === 'time'
@@ -55,15 +60,21 @@ export function getValueTypeByAxis(axisType) {
         : 'float';
 }
 
-function findTheLastValueDimensions(data) {
-    // Get last value dim
-    var dimensions = data.dimensions.slice();
-    var valueType;
-    var valueDim;
-    while (dimensions.length && (
-        valueDim = dimensions.pop(),
-        valueType = data.getDimensionInfo(valueDim).type,
-        valueType === 'ordinal' || valueType === 'time'
-    )) {} // jshint ignore:line
-    return valueDim;
+function mayLabelDimType(dimType) {
+    // In most cases, ordinal and time do not suitable for label.
+    // Ordinal info can be displayed on axis. Time is too long.
+    return !(dimType === 'ordinal' || dimType === 'time');
 }
+
+// function findTheLastDimMayLabel(data) {
+//     // Get last value dim
+//     var dimensions = data.dimensions.slice();
+//     var valueType;
+//     var valueDim;
+//     while (dimensions.length && (
+//         valueDim = dimensions.pop(),
+//         valueType = data.getDimensionInfo(valueDim).type,
+//         valueType === 'ordinal' || valueType === 'time'
+//     )) {} // jshint ignore:line
+//     return valueDim;
+// }
diff --git a/src/util/graphic.js b/src/util/graphic.js
index 38deebdae598601c47c60cfed1b997635b49b301..bc08a5f48d656b12feab2583c8e23356866b5a48 100644
--- a/src/util/graphic.js
+++ b/src/util/graphic.js
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ export function setHoverStyle(el, hoverStyle, opt) {
  * @param {module:echarts/model/Model} normalModel
  * @param {module:echarts/model/Model} emphasisModel
  * @param {Object} opt Check `opt` of `setTextStyleCommon` to find other props.
- * @param {Object} [opt.defaultText]
+ * @param {string|Function} [opt.defaultText]
  * @param {module:echarts/model/Model} [opt.labelFetcher] Fetch text by
  *      `opt.labelFetcher.getFormattedLabel(opt.labelDataIndex, 'normal'/'emphasis', null, opt.labelDimIndex)`
  * @param {module:echarts/model/Model} [opt.labelDataIndex] Fetch text by
@@ -487,14 +487,15 @@ export function setLabelStyle(
     // Consider performance, only fetch label when necessary.
     // If `normal.show` is `false` and `emphasis.show` is `true` and `emphasis.formatter` is not set,
     // label should be displayed, where text is fetched by `normal.formatter` or `opt.defaultText`.
-    var baseText = (showNormal || showEmphasis)
-        ? zrUtil.retrieve2(
-            labelFetcher
-                ? labelFetcher.getFormattedLabel(labelDataIndex, 'normal', null, labelDimIndex)
-                : null,
-            opt.defaultText
-        )
-        : null;
+    var baseText;
+    if (showNormal || showEmphasis) {
+        if (labelFetcher) {
+            baseText = labelFetcher.getFormattedLabel(labelDataIndex, 'normal', null, labelDimIndex);
+        }
+        if (baseText == null) {
+            baseText = zrUtil.isFunction(opt.defaultText) ? opt.defaultText(labelDataIndex, opt) : opt.defaultText;
+        }
+    }
     var normalStyleText = showNormal ? baseText : null;
     var emphasisStyleText = showEmphasis
         ? zrUtil.retrieve2(
diff --git a/src/util/model.js b/src/util/model.js
index 12d6f28f14e136f9ba2499eaba7c04024773d347..3f30c6d8b2cfd0ba51d640c02517b0a563acae86 100644
--- a/src/util/model.js
+++ b/src/util/model.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export var dataFormatMixin = {
      * @param {string} [dataType]
      * @param {number} [dimIndex]
      * @param {string} [labelProp='label']
-     * @return {string}
+     * @return {string} If not formatter, return null/undefined
      */
     getFormattedLabel: function (dataIndex, status, dataType, dimIndex, labelProp) {
         status = status || 'normal';
diff --git a/test/scatter.html b/test/scatter.html
index 519e92229ee62995d8b1fb13eab4ce7782ef6ae4..b65a826ffda7a0c5a4663bb9a58be9bb68f0f8c1 100644
--- a/test/scatter.html
+++ b/test/scatter.html
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
                     {
                         name: names[1],
                         type: 'scatter',
-                        label: {
-                            emphasis: {
+                        emphasis: {
+                            label: {
                                 show: true,
                                 position: 'top',
                                 formatter: function (params) {
@@ -108,10 +108,8 @@
                             return val[2] * 40;
                         },
                         itemStyle: {
-                            normal: {
-                                color: function (params) {
-                                    return 'rgba(30, 70, 50, ' + params.value[2] + ')';
-                                }
+                            color: function (params) {
+                                return 'rgba(30, 70, 50, ' + params.value[2] + ')';
                             }
                         },
                         data: data2
@@ -120,9 +118,7 @@
                         name: names[2],
                         type: 'scatter',
                         label: {
-                            normal: {
-                                show: true
-                            }
+                            show: true
                         },
                         symbolSize: function (val) {
                             return val[2] * 40;