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Conditional formatting background color with column containing both text and numeric values
i have a matrix visual which displays info about a employees skills
* Java
* C#
* Customer Service
* Punctuality
* Technical strength
the above are ranked from 1-3 with 1 being bad (red color) to 3 being good (green)
however some of the values doesnt apply to every employee and in that case we put n/a (technical team need not respond to customer)
how do i conditionally format the background color to display the values as specified , im facing difficulty as n/a is not a number DT and only count summarisation is available when i make te column as text DT .
Sample Data
| SKill | Marc | Jake | Steve |
Java | 2 | 3 | n/a |
| C# | 2 | 1 | n/a |
| Customer Service | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Punctuality | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Technical Sttrength | 2 | 2 | n/a |
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You could create a separate relationship table which gives values like N/A a numeric value (see below). Create the relationship, then use the Colour Label as your conditional formatting 'rule'. This should allow you to change background colours (For example, set colour Blue if Colour Label > 3). (Accept as solution if this works).
Rank / N/A Colour Label 1 1 2 2 3 3 N/A 4 Hey can you provide me with the measure we can use to assign values and put those values in a new column as you have suggested above. Thanks.
No measure needed.
Step 1. Unpivot the Sample Data so that you can create a 'Rank' column that will have your assigned number rating.
Step 2. Copy table above / create / insert a table that follows the columns I have used above.
Step 3. Create a relationship between newly created table and then your Sample Data table using 'Rank' as a link.
Step 4. On your Matrix visual, go to the conditional formatting area and create a Rule based on the 'Colour Label' field from the new table you created. For example If Colour Label value = 1 (Green), If Colour Label value > 3 (Blue), If Colour Label value = 3 (Red).
Should all be working. No measure needed, just a new table to make this relationship between 'N/A' and a numeric value.
hey FreemanZ any ideas on the above ?
