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Anonymous
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Crosstab subtotal format

Hi friends

 Working on a crosstab , it seems to be simple but not getting that.  I want to give different background colour for row subtotal and column subtotal of a crosstab. For example- i want to give green backgrond colour for the column subtotal ( green boxed here) and at the same time i want to retain the row subtotal ( yellow boxed here) format as such. I it possible? Appriciate any help on this.

 

Crosstab- total format.PNG 

 

Thanks

Raj

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parry2k
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@Anonymous afaik you cannot define the border around row and column total but you can surely give the different background color for row and column total but will be the same for both totals.



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Hi 

You could submit an idea here.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas

 

Best Regards

Maggie

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parry2k
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@Anonymous afaik you cannot define the border around row and column total but you can surely give the different background color for row and column total but will be the same for both totals.



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Anonymous
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Hi @parry2k

  Thanks for the response. Yes, i understand that by default the background colour is same for both row and column subtotals . Is there any trick to give different background colour for row / column subtotals? though there is no standard / straight forward solution for this.

 

Thanks
Raj

Hi 

You could submit an idea here.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas

 

Best Regards

Maggie

Anonymous
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Thanks Maggie. Raised the same.

 

Thanks

Raj

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