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Matty
Helper II
8 years ago
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Highlight current week in column chart...

Hi Team,   I have a time series column chart in Power BI with dates along the x axis.  To help readability, a user has requested a means of highlighting the current day's date.   If I was to do t...
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v-danhe-msft
Microsoft Employee
8 years ago

Hi Matty,

Based on my research,there is no OOTB feature to add this kind of line in Power BI charts currently. To work around the issue, you can create a measure to only show additional column bars for current week.  

1.I have entered some sample data like the picture below:

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2.Create a measure.

Measure = IF(WEEKNUM(TODAY())=WEEKNUM(CALCULATE(MAX('Table1'[Date]))),CALCULATE(SUM(Table1[Value])),BLANK())

3.Create a Column chart and add the related fields, you can get the result like the picture below:

For your requirement, you could also vote for this idea: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/19550122-vertical-reference-lines-on-the-x-axis

 

You can also download the PBIX file to have a view.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/53j7x7t7qojhrj0/Highlight%20current%20week%20in%20column%20chart.pbix?dl=0

 

Regards,

Daniel He

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Matty
Helper II
8 years ago

Thanks for responding, Daniel.

 

Your idea works, but it isn't quite what I'm after.  I have voted for idea via the link you sent.

 

Thanks again.

 

Matty 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    8 years ago

    Hi Matty,  I created two sets of values which I used to evaluate if the data is in the current week or not.

     

    Current Week = if(Weekly[num]=Weekly[Current_WeeK],1,0)

    Current Week  = if(Weekly[Current Week]=1,Weekly[Data_value],0)

    Running= if(Weekly[Current Week]=0,Weekly[Data_Value],0)