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kevbrown1980
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4 years ago
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Format bar chart colours

Hi

 

I have a bar chart that needs to show colour changes depending on whether the values have increased or decreased from the previous Month.

 

For example - 

 

I have a calculated field called MOM Fruit

 

Jan = 19

Feb = 26

Mar = 14

Apr = 6

May = 8

 

So, I need Feb to be Red, Mar Green, Apr Green and May Red

 

Any help would be great

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi  kevbrown1980 ,

    I created some data:

    Here are the steps you can follow：

    1. Create measure.

    Color =
var _current=CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[MOM Fruit]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),MONTH('Table'[Date])=MONTH(MAX('Table'[Date]))))
var _last=CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[MOM Fruit]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),MONTH('Table'[Date])=MONTH(MAX('Table'[Date])-1)))
var _if=
IF(
    _last=BLANK(),_current,_last)
var _su=
_current - _if
return
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    _su=0,"blue",
    _su>0,"red",
    _su<0,"green")

    2. Click Visual - Format - Data colors -- fx

    3. Enter the Default color interface.

    Format style – Field value

    What field should we base this on – [color]

    4. Result:

     

    Best Regards,

    Liu Yang

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

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  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    Super User
    4 years ago

    kevbrown1980 , create a measure like this example and use it conditional formatting using field value option

     

    Colour =
    SWITCH(TRUE(),
    max('Table'[Month]) = "Feb", "red",
    max('Table'[Month]) = "Mar", "Green",

    max('Table'[Month]) = "Apr", "Green",

    max('Table'[Month]) = "May", "Red",
    //keep on adding
    "green")

     

    How to do conditional formatting by measure and apply it on pie?: https://youtu.be/RqBb5eBf_I4

  • SteveHailey's avatar
    SteveHailey
    Solution Specialist
    4 years ago

    Hello kevbrown1980.

    Assuming you have a date table, you could create a measure using this pattern:

    Bar formatting =
VAR PriorMonthMOMFruit =
    CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table'[MOM Fruit] ), DATEADD ( 'Date'[Date], -1, MONTH ) )
VAR CurrentMonthMOMFruit =
    CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table'[MOM Fruit] ) )
VAR Result =
    IF ( ( CurrentMonthMOMFruit - PriorMonthMOMFruit ) > 0, "Green", "Red" )
RETURN
    Result

    Note that you can replace "Green" and "Red" with hex values if you want to fine-tune the shade of the colour.


    Then, select your bar chart, and in the visualization pane, under Data colors, click the "fx" button:

    On the next screen, under the "Format style" drop-down at the top, choose "Field value".

    Then, under "What field should we base this on", choose the measure you created above.

    Your results should look something like this:

    I created a .pbix file here that you can download if it is helpful.

     

    -Steve

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    Hi  kevbrown1980 ,

    I created some data:

    Here are the steps you can follow：

    1. Create measure.

    Color =
var _current=CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[MOM Fruit]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),MONTH('Table'[Date])=MONTH(MAX('Table'[Date]))))
var _last=CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[MOM Fruit]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),MONTH('Table'[Date])=MONTH(MAX('Table'[Date])-1)))
var _if=
IF(
    _last=BLANK(),_current,_last)
var _su=
_current - _if
return
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    _su=0,"blue",
    _su>0,"red",
    _su<0,"green")

    2. Click Visual - Format - Data colors -- fx

    3. Enter the Default color interface.

    Format style – Field value

    What field should we base this on – [color]

    4. Result:

     

    Best Regards,

    Liu Yang

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly