Dax command for conditional highlighting

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I've been following along the Guy in a Cube video to set up conditional highlighting, and I've run into a problem with my dax code:

highlighting =

var _Source =

Values (Highlight[Source])

var _tohighlight =

SELECTEDVALUE('Trend_data'[Source])

var _Colour =

VALUES(Highlight[HTML_Colour])

Var _filtered =

ISFILTERED(Highlight[Source])

var _result =

SWITCH(

TRUE,

Not ( _filtered ), "#5BAF8D",

_tohighlight in _source

&& _filtered,"#5BAF8D",_Colour)

. 

I'm getting an error which essentially says syntax for ')' and I can't work out where I've gone wrong! Is anything obvious jumping out at anyone?

[AlB · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

You are missing the RETURN part, necessary when you use variables:

highlighting =
VAR _Source =
    VALUES ( Highlight[Source] )
VAR _tohighlight =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Trend_data'[Source] )
VAR _Colour =
    VALUES ( Highlight[HTML_Colour] )
VAR _filtered =
    ISFILTERED ( Highlight[Source] )
VAR _result =
    SWITCH (
        TRUE,
        NOT ( _filtered ), "#5BAF8D",
        _tohighlight IN _Source
            && _filtered, "#5BAF8D",
        _Colour
    )
RETURN
    _result

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[Anonymous]

Ah!! I knew it would be something simple. Worked like a charm, thanks so much!!