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lawada
Helper III
Helper III

unichar with colors

i have created arrows  using unichar function and added within my card visual , is there any workaround to get the arrows colored to green when it goes up , red when it goes down and yellow otherwise 

my current KPIs looks like this:

lawada_0-1643399304697.png

 

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ValtteriN
Super User
Super User

Hi,

You can do this with format measure:

E.g.

DAX:

arrow = IF('Value for arrow'[Value for arrow Value]>0,UNICHAR(9650),UNICHAR(9660))
Format arrow = IF('Value for arrow'[Value for arrow Value]>0,"Green","Red")
Place custom format here:
ValtteriN_1-1643399992574.png

 



ValtteriN_0-1643399971445.png

 


End result:

ValtteriN_2-1643400016099.png

ValtteriN_3-1643400029389.png

I hope this post helps to solve your issue and if it does consider accepting it as a solution and giving the post a thumbs up!

My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/n%C3%A4ttiahov-00001/





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lawada
Helper III
Helper III

thanks solution has worked for me

ValtteriN
Super User
Super User

Hi,

You can do this with format measure:

E.g.

DAX:

arrow = IF('Value for arrow'[Value for arrow Value]>0,UNICHAR(9650),UNICHAR(9660))
Format arrow = IF('Value for arrow'[Value for arrow Value]>0,"Green","Red")
Place custom format here:
ValtteriN_1-1643399992574.png

 



ValtteriN_0-1643399971445.png

 


End result:

ValtteriN_2-1643400016099.png

ValtteriN_3-1643400029389.png

I hope this post helps to solve your issue and if it does consider accepting it as a solution and giving the post a thumbs up!

My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/n%C3%A4ttiahov-00001/





Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution!

Proud to be a Super User!




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