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Dalla_Terra
Helper I
5 years ago
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Conditional Formatting Data Colors for Negative Numbers

I am trying to configure my visualization online so that negative percentages are red and positive are green. I feel like I have the conditional formatting set right but the visual is wrong.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    hi Dalla_Terra - You can try the option to not set the values for the upper and lower limits highted in the below screenshot.

    Just leave these values BLANK and Power BI will idenitify the limits based on the range of values available in your data. 

     

    Please mark the above comment as a solution to help others find it more quickly. Also please provide a 👍 if my comment helped with solving your issue. Thanks!

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    hi Dalla_Terra - You can try the option to not set the values for the upper and lower limits highted in the below screenshot.

    Just leave these values BLANK and Power BI will idenitify the limits based on the range of values available in your data. 

     

    Please mark the above comment as a solution to help others find it more quickly. Also please provide a 👍 if my comment helped with solving your issue. Thanks!

    • Dalla_Terra's avatar
      Dalla_Terra
      Helper I
      5 years ago

      Thanks Anonymous this worked beautifully and it was a very simple solve, much appreciated! 

  • collinq's avatar
    collinq
    Super User
    5 years ago

    HI Dalla_Terra ,

     

    I think that the issue may be in the formula, your conditional formatting is set to "number" and you data is set to "percent".  I think that you need to modify the color to be less than -9999 and less than 0.  And the other one be greater/equal to 0 and less than 99999.   OR, change those to percentages.  If you change to percentages, just make sure that your data really is a percentage.

     

    I would appreciate Kudos if my response was helpful. I would also appreciate it if you would Mark this As a Solution if it solved the problem. Thanks!
    • Dalla_Terra's avatar
      Dalla_Terra
      Helper I
      5 years ago

      Thanks for the reply. I tried your appraoch but it would not accept me changing the number to a percent with the inputs your recommended. I appreciate the help. 

  • V-lianl-msft's avatar
    V-lianl-msft
    Community Support
    5 years ago

    Hi Dalla_Terra ,

     

    Try to create a measure like this then apply it to conditional formatting:

    IF([YTD VAR%]>0,"green","red")

     

    Best Regards,
    Liang
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    • Dalla_Terra's avatar
      Dalla_Terra
      Helper I
      5 years ago

      Thanks for the help. I like to creative approach but I didn't try it because I wanted to avoid creating another measure on top of the percent measure I was already using.