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Sean-OReilly
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5 years ago
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How do I Apply Random Colours to Bar Chart

Hi  How do I Apply Random Colours to Bar Chart?  Please sample data below - i want every Team Name to have a Different Colour?       
  • PhilipTreacy's avatar
    5 years ago

    Hi Sean-OReilly 

     

    Download sample PBIX file

     

    Create a measure like this

     

     

    BarColor = "#" & MID("0123456789ABCDEF",RANDBETWEEN(1,16),1) & MID("0123456789ABCDEF",RANDBETWEEN(1,16),1) & MID("0123456789ABCDEF",RANDBETWEEN(1,16),1) & MID("0123456789ABCDEF",RANDBETWEEN(1,16),1) & MID("0123456789ABCDEF",RANDBETWEEN(1,16),1) & MID("0123456789ABCDEF",RANDBETWEEN(1,16),1) 

    This generates a color in Hex e.g. #75AD21

     

    Select the bar chart and under Format -> Data Colors click the fx button to enter the Conditional Formatting

     

    Set a rule like this

     

    Regards

    Phil