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Hi all,
I was able to create a custom (non-alphabetic) sort order for column headers and rows, and I also want to apply conditional formatting to color-code the 1st and 2nd ranking values across a row (Excel mockup to illustrate desired behavior).
The DAX below works as a value to conditional format by, but when I apply the custom sort order on rows and columns, the color-coding breaks and everything becomes green.
Do I need to do a custom sort within the DAX expression...use a SELECTEDVALUE to get at the intersected cell in the matrix? Any suggestions greatly appreciated as I'm a relative newbie.
Thanks - Crystal
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @CrystalC ,
Please follow these steps:
(1) My test data:
(2) Add a new measure
CF Rank =
VAR _max =
CALCULATE (
MAX ( 'Mockup'[Sched Dprts] ),
ALLEXCEPT ( Mockup, 'Mockup'[Carrier] )
)
VAR _nextmax =
CALCULATE (
MAX ( 'Mockup'[Sched Dprts] ),
FILTER ( ALL ( Mockup ), [Sched Dprts] < _max )
)
RETURN
SWITCH ( SUM ( Mockup[Sched Dprts] ), _max, "Green", _nextmax, "Yellow" )
(3) The result is as follows :
Best Regards,
Gallen Luo
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi @CrystalC ,
Please follow these steps:
(1) My test data:
(2) Add a new measure
CF Rank =
VAR _max =
CALCULATE (
MAX ( 'Mockup'[Sched Dprts] ),
ALLEXCEPT ( Mockup, 'Mockup'[Carrier] )
)
VAR _nextmax =
CALCULATE (
MAX ( 'Mockup'[Sched Dprts] ),
FILTER ( ALL ( Mockup ), [Sched Dprts] < _max )
)
RETURN
SWITCH ( SUM ( Mockup[Sched Dprts] ), _max, "Green", _nextmax, "Yellow" )
(3) The result is as follows :
Best Regards,
Gallen Luo
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Not able to troubleshoot as one would need the file with the issue to see what's going on.
Hi,
I am not sure how your datamodel looks like, but please try the below whether it suits your requirement.
CF Rank =
VAR cellRank =
RANKX (
ALLSELECTED ( Mockup[Carrier], Mockup[Sorting_column_carrier] ),
CALCULATE ( SUM ( Mockup[Sched Dprts] ) ),
,
DESC
)
RETURN
SWITCH ( TRUE (), cellRank = 1, "Green", cellRank = 2, "Yellow" )
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