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ryan-gao's avatar
ryan-gao
Helper III
7 years ago

Calculation logic behind percent conditional formatting

Hi Guys

 

I use a very simple sample data to demonstrate the results of the percentage conditional format. Please explain the calculation logic.

percent conditional format

 

The table has only four rows,take 10  as the maximum which is 100%, 1 and 2 is below 33 percent, It turns out that this is true,  4 is 40 percent of 10, but actually   it is between 33 and 34 percent . can anyone explain it?

 

 

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5 Replies

  • MattAllington's avatar
    MattAllington
    Community Champion
    7 years ago

    The default logic is Pct of min and max values. Your min is 0 and max is 10. So the breaks will be auto set at 3.3, 6.6

    in your case, your settings are not MECE. If you change your third setting to start at 34, I assume it will work. My guess is this is a bug. 

    • ryan-gao's avatar
      ryan-gao
      Helper III
      7 years ago

      Thanks Matt,  Yes, My settings are not MECE, I set it thay way on purpose. My question is, based on the current setting, the value 4 is between 33% and 34%. In the case where 10 is the maximum, this interval corresponds to 3.3 and 3.4.  so We can conclude that 3.3<=4<3.4  which is obviously wrong

  • v-juanli-msft's avatar
    v-juanli-msft
    Community Support
    7 years ago

    Hi ryan-gao 

    As tested with Version: 2.71.5523.941 64-bit (July 2019),

    The picture you provided is the the default rules.

    It applies a red diamond to the lower 33% of your data, a yellow triangle to the middle 33%, and a green circle to the upper 33%.

    So however you change it, it will show by default.

     

    To create your own rule, please delete the default ones, then create new rules.

     

    Please read more from the blog

    https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-july-2019-feature-summary/#filterPane

     

    Best Regards
    Maggie

     

    Community Support Team _ Maggie Li
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