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CharlotteB
Helper II
Helper II

Adding legend for icons (conditional formatting on a matrix)

Hello,

 

Is there a way to add a legend for the icons I added under conditional formatting? 

 

Thanks! 

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JayBabcock
Frequent Visitor

I've run into the same issue.  I would like a key for my end-users to know what the icons mean.  I solved this by making a simple DAX table with just two columns, an ID number and a Description.  I then made a table visual with only the Description field and added conditional formatting to the Description field to reference the ID, set the  icon value accordingly to that Description and voila!

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@CharlotteB , I doubt that. You can use unichar and create custom icon conditional formatting and show legends in the table near to your visual

 

https://exceleratorbi.com.au/conditional-formatting-using-icons-in-power-bi/
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/FORMAT-icon-set-for-use-in-a-data-card/td-p/811692

https://exceleratorbi.com.au/dax-unichar-function-power-bi/

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