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zws188
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Color problem with Sunburst

 

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Hellow everyone.

I'm having a problem with Sunburst visual.

I want to change  color in second ring to make a

different from years. 

How should I do ?

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v-qiuyu-msft
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Hi @zws188,

 

Based on my research, the Sunburst visual all donuts' color are categorized by the inner donut. And there is no OOTB option for us to format the donut color manually.

 

It means if you put the fields into Group option like this, the color will be categorized by the Category field. All Subcategory and Area values belong to the same one Category value will be formatted as the same color.

 

q1.PNG

 

In your scenario, if you want to category the color based on the Year field, you can place the Year field as the first group. In my example, is changing the Area field as the first group, see:

 

q3.PNG

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

 

 

Community Support Team _ Qiuyun Yu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-qiuyu-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @zws188,

 

Based on my research, the Sunburst visual all donuts' color are categorized by the inner donut. And there is no OOTB option for us to format the donut color manually.

 

It means if you put the fields into Group option like this, the color will be categorized by the Category field. All Subcategory and Area values belong to the same one Category value will be formatted as the same color.

 

q1.PNG

 

In your scenario, if you want to category the color based on the Year field, you can place the Year field as the first group. In my example, is changing the Area field as the first group, see:

 

q3.PNG

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

 

 

Community Support Team _ Qiuyun Yu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

I simply cannot change any colors in this visualization?  What should I do or what am I doing wrong

Do you already have a solution for this? I'm having the same problem too.

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