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HenryJS
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Condition Formatting: Text Background Colour

Hi all,

 

I have a text column created using DAX.

 

How can I choose background colours for this text field in the matrix in the bottom picture?

 

From what I can see the 'Rules' conditional formating option needs numerals..

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @HenryJS,

You can create a measure that is used in conditional formatting "Field Value".

The General Measure would look like this: Measure = SWITCH(Selectedvalue([Status]),"Missing","red","Saved", "#90ee90")
You can put all the Values in and determine the color based on "color" or you input a HEX color.

 

Hope it helps,

 

Kind regards
Joren Venema

Data & Analytics Consultant
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Mariusz
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Hi @HenryJS 

 

You can create a Measure that will assign a number to every text string using the SWITCH function, later use this Measure for conditional formating.

 

 

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Mariusz

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Anonymous
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Hi @HenryJS,

You can create a measure that is used in conditional formatting "Field Value".

The General Measure would look like this: Measure = SWITCH(Selectedvalue([Status]),"Missing","red","Saved", "#90ee90")
You can put all the Values in and determine the color based on "color" or you input a HEX color.

 

Hope it helps,

 

Kind regards
Joren Venema

Data & Analytics Consultant
If this reply solved your question be sure to mark this post as the solution to help others find the answer more easily. 

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