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jyouens
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2 years ago
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Conditional Formatting - Icons - Scientific Numbers

I am wanting to use the icons conditional formatting option on a column which is based off another column I have created

 

The issue is that the new column is returning a scientific number. Even if I change the data type to Decimal and have 2 decimal places, or whole numbers the conditional formatting isnt working as expected.

 

The issue is with row 3 in the example and my confitional formatting is as per the below

 

The new column is Column B - Column A

The column I'm basing the conditional formatting off is from a DAX measure and the other cells that it is calculated off is from a DAX table

 

Any ideas?

 

 

 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi jyouens 

     

    You may try rounding the numbers visibly in the measure for conditional formatting. For example, 

    Rule Measure = ROUND ( SUM ( 'Table'[Column B] ), 0 ) - ROUND ( SUM ( 'Table'[Column A] ), 0 )

    You can also choose to use ROUNDDOWN or ROUNDUP per your need. 

     

    Hope this would be helpful. 

     

    Best Regards,
    Jing
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  • lbendlin's avatar
    lbendlin
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    2 years ago

    Please provide sample data that covers your issue or question completely, in a usable format (not as a screenshot).

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    2 years ago

    Hi jyouens 

     

    You may try rounding the numbers visibly in the measure for conditional formatting. For example, 

    Rule Measure = ROUND ( SUM ( 'Table'[Column B] ), 0 ) - ROUND ( SUM ( 'Table'[Column A] ), 0 )

    You can also choose to use ROUNDDOWN or ROUNDUP per your need. 

     

    Hope this would be helpful. 

     

    Best Regards,
    Jing
    If this post helps, please Accept it as Solution to help other members find it. Appreciate your Kudos!

    • jyouens's avatar
      jyouens
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      2 years ago

      this worked, thank you! Anonymous 

  • jyouens's avatar
    jyouens
    Frequent Visitor
    2 years ago

    Hi lbendlin - thanks for the pointer

     

    Please see the data below, taken from Excel files that I've loaded into power bi. I cannot share the pbix file due to sensitive info

     

    Table - Test_Placement_Actualisation

     

    ADVERTISER_CODEMONTH_OF_SERVICEACTUALIZED_COST
    TEST2024/01148212.4
    TEST2024/012964.25
    TEST2024/011026.38
    TEST2024/0172067.21
    TEST2024/011441.34
    TEST2024/016824.4
    TEST2024/01137356.09
    TEST2024/012747.12
    TEST2024/011445.78
    TEST12024/0125407.68
    TEST12024/01

    0

     

    Table - Tracker_Recons

     

    Client CodeDateclient_cost
    TEST01/01/2024151176.65
    TEST01/01/202473508.55
    TEST01/01/2024140103.21
    TEST101/01/202425407.68
    TEST01/01/20240
    TEST01/01/20241026.38
    TEST01/01/20246824.4
    TEST01/01/20241445.78
    TEST101/01/20241661.73

     

    EXM_Tracker_Recons = ADDCOLUMNS
        (SUMMARIZE(Test_Placement_Actualisation,Test_Placement_Actualisation[ADVERTISER_CODE],Test_Placement_Actualisation[MONTH_OF_SERVICE]),
        "EXM Reconciled Amount",CALCULATE(SUM(Test_Placement_Actualisation[ACTUALIZED_COST])),
        "Tracker Amount",CALCULATE(SUM(Tracker_Recons[CLIENT_COST]),
        FILTER(ALL('Tracker_Recons'),Tracker_Recons[CLIENT_CODE] = EARLIER('Test_Placement_Actualisation'[ADVERTISER_CODE]) && Tracker_Recons[DATE] = EARLIER(Test_Placement_Actualisation[MONTH_OF_SERVICE]))))
     
    And then I've created a measure to work out the difference
     
    SUM('Prisma_Tracker_Recons'[Tracker Amount]) - SUM('Prisma_Tracker_Recons'[Prisma Reconciled Amount])
     
    on this measure is where I am trying to do the conditional formatting so that if the above calculation = 0 for all rows then the green tick is applied with the conditional formatting and then the red cross if it doesn't match
     
    The data from the 2 tables does match to 2 decimal places, but the measure is showing a scientific number as the value is so small. I have edited the formatting for all tables and the measure to be whole numbers but the issue persists
     
    So based on the below example, I would expect the 401,154 to have a green tick in column B
     

     

    Hope this helps?