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ddorhout
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Bug in conditional formatting?

Dear community,

 

I am facing some issues with conditional formatting that I do not understand.

It is based on the share of a category within another table. 

 

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I based the background color (grey) in the left row on a rule of >5%. How can it be that also lower values are colored? (e.g. the 8 in the end represents 0.92%, why is it still in grey?

 

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v-janeyg-msft
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Hi, @ddorhout 

 

You should use 'number' as condition, then it will display correctly.

 

vjaneygmsft_0-1638167845025.png

'Percent' is used to filter the range, not for every percentage of the number.

vjaneygmsft_1-1638170442785.png

Conditional table formatting in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

 

Did I answer your question ? Please mark my reply as solution. Thank you very much.
If not, please feel free to ask me.


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Community Support Team _ Janey

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v-janeyg-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @ddorhout 

 

You should use 'number' as condition, then it will display correctly.

 

vjaneygmsft_0-1638167845025.png

'Percent' is used to filter the range, not for every percentage of the number.

vjaneygmsft_1-1638170442785.png

Conditional table formatting in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

 

Did I answer your question ? Please mark my reply as solution. Thank you very much.
If not, please feel free to ask me.


Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Janey

ddorhout
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Apperently, when I dont base the rule on the percentage, but the number, then it seems to work.

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