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Fali324
Helper II
Helper II

Colour using dax

Hi,

 

I have the following dax, I would like to colour the text green if it is above 0% and Red if it is a minus %

 

Var percentagedifferance =
    FORMAT(
        DIVIDE(contingencyremaining,contingencytotal),"Percent")
Can I do this in dax?
 
Thanks,
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dharmendars007
Super User
Super User

Hello @Fali324 , 

 

Please copy the DAX formula below, because in your formula you are using Format which converts the Percent value to text, so remove the Format and apply divide and go to "FX" option where you want to apply condtional formatting like "Title" or "values" and from there select "Field Value" and select the below formula.

 

Var percentagedifferance =
    If(
        DIVIDE(contingencyremaining,contingencytotal)<0, "Red", "Green")
Return
percentagedifferance
 

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Thank You

Dharmendar S

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dharmendars007
Super User
Super User

Hello @Fali324 , 

 

Please copy the DAX formula below, because in your formula you are using Format which converts the Percent value to text, so remove the Format and apply divide and go to "FX" option where you want to apply condtional formatting like "Title" or "values" and from there select "Field Value" and select the below formula.

 

Var percentagedifferance =
    If(
        DIVIDE(contingencyremaining,contingencytotal)<0, "Red", "Green")
Return
percentagedifferance
 

If you find this helpful , please mark it as solution and Your Kudos are much appreciated!

 

Thank You

Dharmendar S

LinkedIN 

bhanu_gautam
Super User
Super User

@Fali324 ,DAX itself does not support conditional formatting directly within the formula. However, you can achieve this in Power BI by using the conditional formatting options available in the visualization pane

 

var percentagedifferance =
FORMAT(
DIVIDE(contingencyremaining, contingencytotal), "Percent")

 

Add this measure to a table or matrix visualization in your Power BI report.

 

Click on the table or matrix visualization to select it.
In the Visualizations pane, go to the "Values" section where your measure is listed.
Click on the drop-down arrow next to your measure and select "Conditional formatting" > "Font color".
In the conditional formatting window, choose "Rules".
Set up the rules to format the text color based on the value:
For values greater than 0, set the font color to green.
For values less than or equal to 0, set the font color to red.




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Thank you for your reply, I'm trying to use that measure as a title.

@Fali324 , Than you can use card with conditional formatting 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVJuDQdKXHY - check this




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