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giammariam
Solution Sage
7 years ago
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Create Custom visuals - Set measure color

Hello All,   I am developing custom visual for a clustered column chart and I am facing issue while implementing the color palette.    I have added the color palette successfully but cannot use t...
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  • dm-p's avatar
    dm-p
    6 years ago

    With measures, I've only got it to work by using the queryName property from the measure DataViewMetadataColumn. If you use this rather than getSelector() against a SelectionId it should push it into the data view correctly.

    If done right, you should see an objects key underneath your column in the metadata, e.g.:

    You should be able to make out the queryName property from this screenshot too.

    This should then get persisted into your object enumeration, e.g.:

    Hopefully this is enough to get you moving; if not, you might need to share some code so we can have a look at specifics.

    Good luck!

    Daniel

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Nishantjain
Continued Contributor
6 years ago

Hi, 


Did you manage to resolve this issue? I am having the same problem and can't figure out how to read the measure colors

 

Thanks

Nishant

dm-p's avatar
dm-p
Super User
6 years ago

With measures, I've only got it to work by using the queryName property from the measure DataViewMetadataColumn. If you use this rather than getSelector() against a SelectionId it should push it into the data view correctly.

If done right, you should see an objects key underneath your column in the metadata, e.g.:

You should be able to make out the queryName property from this screenshot too.

This should then get persisted into your object enumeration, e.g.:

Hopefully this is enough to get you moving; if not, you might need to share some code so we can have a look at specifics.

Good luck!

Daniel