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ivan_abboud
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Conditional formatting in matrix based on growth between months

Hello community


I have a matrix with stores sales as rows and months as columns and I need to format the matrix cells based on the differences of sales between months, so if a store sales in Feb are higher than Jan, this cell should be colored with green, otherwise it should be red

The matrixThe matrixRaw DataRaw Data


I tried to apply solutions provided in this post:
Solved: Conditional formatting based on differences betwee... - Microsoft Power BI Community
but non of them worked for me

Thanks in advance

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MohammadLoran25
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi @ivan_abboud ,

Assume you have a 'DateTable' :

 

1-Create this calculated column in 'DateTable':

YearMonthIndex = (DateTable[Year])*12+DateTable[Month]

 

2-Assume Your measure Name is [Sales]=SUM('Table'[SalesAmount]) . Create the measure below:

SalesPrevMonth=
CALCULATE (
    [Sales],
    FILTER (
        ALL ( 'DateTable' ),
        'DateTable'[YearmonthIndex]
            = MAX ( 'DateTable'[YearmonthIndex] ) - 1
    )
)

 

3-Then Create the measure:

SalesDiff=
[Sales]-[SalesPrevMonth]

 

4-Then you can set conditional formatting by the [SalesDiff] Measure. (Greater and less than 0 condition on it)

 

If this answer solves your problem, give it a thumbs up and mark it as an accepted solution so the others would find what they need easier.

Regards,
Loran

 

 

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MohammadLoran25
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi @ivan_abboud ,

Assume you have a 'DateTable' :

 

1-Create this calculated column in 'DateTable':

YearMonthIndex = (DateTable[Year])*12+DateTable[Month]

 

2-Assume Your measure Name is [Sales]=SUM('Table'[SalesAmount]) . Create the measure below:

SalesPrevMonth=
CALCULATE (
    [Sales],
    FILTER (
        ALL ( 'DateTable' ),
        'DateTable'[YearmonthIndex]
            = MAX ( 'DateTable'[YearmonthIndex] ) - 1
    )
)

 

3-Then Create the measure:

SalesDiff=
[Sales]-[SalesPrevMonth]

 

4-Then you can set conditional formatting by the [SalesDiff] Measure. (Greater and less than 0 condition on it)

 

If this answer solves your problem, give it a thumbs up and mark it as an accepted solution so the others would find what they need easier.

Regards,
Loran

 

 

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