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dannytan1112
Helper I
Helper I

Night and Day plot area background

Hi There,

 

I have a question that i can do in Excel however I am having difficulties on doing it in Power BI. 
Is there anyway to make plot area background like this in Power BI?

dannytan1112_0-1672035730488.png

 

I would like to make data from 6pm-6am as black bar chart background and the rest data as white bar chart background indicating day time data. Thanks

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

While you could fudge this with an appropriately prepared background image

lbendlin_0-1672097780901.png

this might be the perfect opportunity to try out a custom visual generator like Charticulator or Deneb.

 

lbendlin_1-1672100427145.pnglbendlin_2-1672100477635.png

If you want "Day/Night" boundaries you could modify the calculated column like 

 

BG = if(hour('System Counters'[AggregationEndTimeUTC])>17 || hour('System Counters'[AggregationEndTimeUTC])<6 ,100,0)

 

lbendlin_3-1672101423641.png

 

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You can do that as a calculated column, a measure, or as a calculation item in Deneb. Be mindful of the UX.

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

While you could fudge this with an appropriately prepared background image

lbendlin_0-1672097780901.png

this might be the perfect opportunity to try out a custom visual generator like Charticulator or Deneb.

 

lbendlin_1-1672100427145.pnglbendlin_2-1672100477635.png

If you want "Day/Night" boundaries you could modify the calculated column like 

 

BG = if(hour('System Counters'[AggregationEndTimeUTC])>17 || hour('System Counters'[AggregationEndTimeUTC])<6 ,100,0)

 

lbendlin_3-1672101423641.png

 

Really Really thanks. it works for me.

Btw i have question, is it possible to make that 100 value in BG became variable?

Let say max value of a column in Table(x) ?

You can do that as a calculated column, a measure, or as a calculation item in Deneb. Be mindful of the UX.

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