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Unlike in Excel, you can't color-code text values to display as a particular color, such as "Accepted"=blue, "Declined"=red, "None"=grey. You create measures related to these values and apply formatting based on those instead.
For example, StatusColor = SWITCH('Table'[Status], "Accepted", "blue", "Declined", "red", "None", "grey")
Then in the Background color dialog box, you format the Status field based on the values in the StatusColor field.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ie/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-conditional-table-formatting
Question
I have a bar chart , the user can choose worldwide and 1 other country
I want the bar chart to display Color blue for worldwide & Green for the other randonly selected country
As in Excel, you can color-code text values to display as a particular color, such as "Accepted"=blue, "Declined"=red,
Can I do this in powerBI , the only option I can see , is me going through every feasible selection combo and setting the colors manually but even if I did this combersome task , when published to PowerBi service it appers to loose all formatting
Solved! Go to Solution.
Got it working
Set a Flag with value 1 or 0 to allow me identify Worldwide and set the other Countries to 0
Case When CountryD = 9999 Then 1 Else 0 End As IsNational
You can do this in the model , SQL Server .. whatever suits
Under Data Colors in the clustered Chart I set the FX
Got it working
Set a Flag with value 1 or 0 to allow me identify Worldwide and set the other Countries to 0
Case When CountryD = 9999 Then 1 Else 0 End As IsNational
You can do this in the model , SQL Server .. whatever suits
Under Data Colors in the clustered Chart I set the FX
Hi @carlol
There is no direct way to conditionally format based on text in Power BI.
Please try the below method, I believe you have the same situation:
Power BI Conditional Text Formatting Made Easy
If you think I answered your question, please give it a like and Accept it as a solution.
Cheers!
It is p
Using a table is fine , the issue I am having is trying to implement the same functionailty in a chart
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