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How to Add a Categorical Icon to Table
Hello,
I'm a new PowerBI user coming over from Tableau. I'm trying to determine if there is a way to add a categorical circle icon to a text table, similar to the Tableau screenshot below:
Can you let me know the best process to use in PowerBI to achieve the desired result above?
Thank you,
Paul
Anonymous , You can create a unichar measure
Example
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128992🟡
128993🟢
128994🟣
128995🟤
128996Switch(Max(table[Category]),
"Cat1", unichar(128992),
"Cat2", unichar(128993),
"Cat2", unichar(128994),
// add others
unichar(128995) //default
)
Or you can circle and do conditional formatting
same manner
UNICHAR - Tool for Custom Icon Formatting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veCtfP8IhbI&list=PLPaNVDMhUXGaaqV92SBD5X2hk3TMNlHhb&index=50
https://exceleratorbi.com.au/conditional-formatting-using-icons-in-power-bi/
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/FORMAT-icon-set-for-use-in-a-data-card/td-p/811692
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- amitchandak
Super User
Anonymous , You can create a unichar measure
Example
ðŸŸ
128992🟡
128993🟢
128994🟣
128995🟤
128996Switch(Max(table[Category]),
"Cat1", unichar(128992),
"Cat2", unichar(128993),
"Cat2", unichar(128994),
// add others
unichar(128995) //default
)
Or you can circle and do conditional formatting
same manner
UNICHAR - Tool for Custom Icon Formatting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veCtfP8IhbI&list=PLPaNVDMhUXGaaqV92SBD5X2hk3TMNlHhb&index=50
https://exceleratorbi.com.au/conditional-formatting-using-icons-in-power-bi/
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/FORMAT-icon-set-for-use-in-a-data-card/td-p/811692