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Anonymous
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Changing bar colour based on a Bar graph

Hi!   Is it possinle to chnage the colour of the bars in a bar chart based on a condition where keep all the bars for example blue if its before current month and red if its after current months. S...
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    dax
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous , 

    As I know, if you want to use conditional  formatting on bar color, you can't  add field in Legend. You could refer to my sample for details.

    Best Regards,
    Zoe Zhi

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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Hi,

 

Step 1 : Create a measure with DAX as below:

Current Month = MONTH(TODAY())

 

Step 2 : Create a column for finding month from the date your have:

Month of shipdate = MONTH(Orders[Ship Date].[Date])
 
Step3 : Create another measure with DAX as below:
Previous Or Future = IF(Orders[Month of shipdate]<[Current Month],"Previous","Future")
 
Drop this "Previous Or Future" to Legends of your Bar chart.
 

 

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    Anonymous
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    6 years ago

    Step 3 it does not allow me to make the meassure with that option.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      6 years ago

      Sorry, Its suppose to be a New Column and not New Measure as this is categorical in nature.

       

      Hope this solves your issue.

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        6 years ago

        I created both meassure and cloum but the issue is I am unable to add it to the legend on my clustered bar chart.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      6 years ago

      Sorry not step 3 , thats fine, but the issue is cannot add it to the legend.