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SIH007_1
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Format default visual (bar chart)

Hi, I have a bar chart, at the moment the user can filter it using a slicer - just 3 different departments. I would like to give the bars different colors depending on the selected department and show all 3 states on one sheet (see screenshot). According to Microsoft, formatting is pretty simple, but I can't find the item Data colors at all. 

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Tahreem24
Super User
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@SIH007_1 Step 1: First create a Measure like below  (As per your need) - If Proj ID is 1 so it will show Red and if 2 so it will show in Green.

 

Measure Color = SWITCH(TRUE(),
MAX('Proj Table'[Proj ID])=1, "Red",
MAX('Proj Table'[Proj ID])=2,"Green"
)
 
Step 2: Use this measure in Color funtion of bar chart:
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Step 3: Then select Field option and use the Measure color:

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Step 4: Final result based on Proj ID slicer.

1.JPG

 2.JPG
 
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truptis
Community Champion
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Hi @SIH007_1 ,

The data colors option for bar chart is present here in the new update of Power BI:

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@SIH007_1 -> Please mark it as a solution and hit the thumbs up if it helps you. Thanks.

Tahreem24
Super User
Super User

@SIH007_1 Step 1: First create a Measure like below  (As per your need) - If Proj ID is 1 so it will show Red and if 2 so it will show in Green.

 

Measure Color = SWITCH(TRUE(),
MAX('Proj Table'[Proj ID])=1, "Red",
MAX('Proj Table'[Proj ID])=2,"Green"
)
 
Step 2: Use this measure in Color funtion of bar chart:
3.JPG

 

 

Step 3: Then select Field option and use the Measure color:

Capture.JPG

 

Step 4: Final result based on Proj ID slicer.

1.JPG

 2.JPG
 
Don't forget to give thumbs up and accept this as a solution if it helped you!!!

Please take a quick glance at newly created dashboards : Restaurant Management Dashboard , HR Analytics Report , Hotel Management Report, Sales Analysis Report , Fortune 500 Companies Analysis , Revenue Tracking Dashboard

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