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I have the matrix below, basically:
Device Error Message Attempts Errors Percentage
Blue1 Did not start 100 50 50%
Red1 Interrupted 150 50 33%
I created a table of error messages and the color they should be based on percentage.
Error Message YELLOW RED
Did not start 25% 50%
Interrupted 20% 30%
How can I conditionally format the Percentage column in the matrix based off the values in the reference table?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi @paul_jones ,
The best way for conditional color is:
ConditionalColor =
SWITCH (
TRUE (),
SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Error Message] ) = "Did not start"
&& SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Percentage] ) = 0.5, "#HexColorcode",
SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Error Message] ) = "Interrupted"
&& SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Percentage] ) = 0.3, "#HexColorcode"
)
If you want to use your second table,you can use CROSSJOIN as well.
But I did not get the logic. This table is a range?
Btw, Measure above would solve your problem.
It helped? Mark it as an accepted solution.
Regards,
Loran
I will give that a try. Thank you.
Hi @paul_jones ,
The best way for conditional color is:
ConditionalColor =
SWITCH (
TRUE (),
SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Error Message] ) = "Did not start"
&& SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Percentage] ) = 0.5, "#HexColorcode",
SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Error Message] ) = "Interrupted"
&& SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Percentage] ) = 0.3, "#HexColorcode"
)
If you want to use your second table,you can use CROSSJOIN as well.
But I did not get the logic. This table is a range?
Btw, Measure above would solve your problem.
It helped? Mark it as an accepted solution.
Regards,
Loran
Forgive me, I'm a novice, but where do I use this?
Hi,
you can create an measure. If you do so there will Open a bar at the top of your Report. Now you can Type in the Code.
Best
I wasn't clear. I know how to create a measure. I just didn't know how to apply it to conditional formatting.
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