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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 calle...
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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

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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