Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

To celebrate FabCon Vienna, we are offering 50% off select exams. Ends October 3rd. Request your discount now.

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

Line Chart to highlight Weekends

Hi All,

 

I'm working on a project to see the number of users that visit our website, shown as a line graph over time. I noticed that there fewer numbers that visit our site on weekends than during the week and thought this would be useful to highlight. 

 

What I am looking for is what is shared on this question (the solution however is not very clear).

 

Weekend highlighting line chart - Microsoft Power BI Community

 

abdalahmed_1-1633950096792.png

 

Ive created a separate DAX formula to highlight the weekends from weekdays. My Sat/Sun are numeric 5 and 6 respectively; give Day of week a 1 if its a weekend otherwise give a 0.

WeekDayWeekEnd = SWITCH('Contact Us Page'[Day of Week],5,1,6,1,0)

 

This is where I up to so far. Any assistance will be appreciated. 

 

abdalahmed_2-1633950578191.png

 

 

 

 

 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Anonymous
Not applicable

I've figured it out. 

 

  1.  I had to amend my formula to (see snipet). If the weekend (days numbered 5 or 6) then count the total number users otherwise leave blank

 

WeekDayWeekEnd = SWITCH('Contact Us Page'[Day of Week],5,SUMX('Contact Us Page','Contact Us Page'[Users]),6,SUMX('Contact Us Page','Contact Us Page'[Users]))​

 

  •  I needed to change the chart type to Line and Column Chart. Then add the abouve formula to the bar chart field.
  • A few other edits to the visualisation to make it look "pretty"

abdalahmed_0-1633952000407.png

 

View solution in original post

1 REPLY 1
Anonymous
Not applicable

I've figured it out. 

 

  1.  I had to amend my formula to (see snipet). If the weekend (days numbered 5 or 6) then count the total number users otherwise leave blank

 

WeekDayWeekEnd = SWITCH('Contact Us Page'[Day of Week],5,SUMX('Contact Us Page','Contact Us Page'[Users]),6,SUMX('Contact Us Page','Contact Us Page'[Users]))​

 

  •  I needed to change the chart type to Line and Column Chart. Then add the abouve formula to the bar chart field.
  • A few other edits to the visualisation to make it look "pretty"

abdalahmed_0-1633952000407.png

 

Helpful resources

Announcements
September Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - September 2025

Check out the September 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.

August 2025 community update carousel

Fabric Community Update - August 2025

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric community.

Top Solution Authors