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Helper IIConditional formatting not working in a matrix
Hi All. I have a matrix that shows Sales by month. Dates are in the Columns and Product sales in the rows. Our sales are always a couple of months behind so the most current month we have available is Jul'20. I want to compare only July sales to June sales (current month to prior month). If the current month is less than the prior month, I want to color just the current month's background red, otherwise, leave the background color as is and don't color any other cells in the row.
In the example below, the first row would have no color in July since June and July are both blank. In the 2nd row, the 4000 in July should be colored since it is less than the June sales.
I've created the following measure to color code the cell:
2 Replies
- Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Reetz - So generally you would return a numeric value in your measure and base your rules off of that and the color code is part of the rule creation, not part of the measure. Hope that makes sense.
Otherwise, Not really enough information to go on, please first check if your issue is a common issue listed here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Before-You-Post-Read-This/ba-p/1116882
Also, please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490
The most important parts are:
1. Sample data as text, use the table tool in the editing bar
2. Expected output from sample data
3. Explanation in words of how to get from 1. to 2. - amitchandak
Super User
Reetz , Try to use datesmtd or previousmonth
example
MTD Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),DATESMTD('Date'[Date])) last MTD Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),DATESMTD(dateadd('Date'[Date],-1,MONTH))) last month Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),previousmonth('Date'[Date])) last MTD (complete) Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),DATESMTD(ENDOFMONTH(dateadd('Date'[Date],-1,MONTH)))) previous month value = CALCULATE(sum('table'[total hours value]),previousmonth('Date'[Date])) Next to next month value = CALCULATE(sum('table'[total hours value]),nextmonth(dateadd('Date'[Date],1,MONTH))) diff = [MTD Sales]-[last MTD Sales] diff % = divide([MTD Sales]-[last MTD Sales],[last MTD Sales])on that, you can have your color measure. And use that measure with field option in conditional formatting
https://radacad.com/dax-and-conditional-formatting-better-together-find-the-biggest-and-smallest-numbers-in-the-column
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-conditional-table-formatting#color-by-color-values
