Matrix-Conditional formating based on another field

[Anonymous]

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I recently received a solution to color background for a table.  My requirements have changed and I need to format background color for matrix.  I need the background color for work hours to change based on the value in the CategoryDesc field and WorkDate field.  the weekend days(Saturday and Sunday) these columns should be yellow.  If the work hours are blank the color should be pink. Any help would be greatly appreciated.  The below DAX formula works in a table but not in the matrix.

Employee	CategoryDesc		WorkDates
Employee	CategoryDesc	ColorCode	2/2/2019	2/3/2019	2/4/2019	2/5/2019	2/6/2019	2/7/2019	2/8/2019
Jane Dow	Labor-Daily	Lime	8	8	8	8			10
Jane Doe	Labor-Salary	Lime				8	9	9
Jane Dow	Holiday	Black	9		8			8
Jane Doe	Vacation	Orange	8	8		10

Here is my example:

I added to this DAX formula, however, I cant get the weekends to turn yellow or where there is no value in work hours to turn pink.

[V-lianl-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

You can refer to this :https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Conditional-color-formatting-on-Matrix-based-on-dimension-values/m-p/836471

If the problem persists,could you please share a PBIX file through cloud service like OneDrive.(Please mask any sensitive data before uploading)

Best Regards,
Liang
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[Anonymous]

@V-lianl-msft  Sorry, this is not working for me, maybe something I am doing wrong .

I need to color code the background color for work hours based on the categorydesc field. 

Labor - Daily - green

Labor - Hourly - green

Labor - Salary - green

Vacation - orange

Holiday - black

When the work hours are 0 or no value the color should be pink.

When the date falls on a weekend that entire column should be yellow regardless if hours are reported.

Please see my sample.  I do not know how to save this in a clound service.

[V-lianl-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Based on the sample data you provided, I get the result you expect.

Measure = SWITCH(TRUE(),
                WEEKDAY(MAX(Sheet1[weekdate]),2)in{6,7},"yellow",
                MAX(Sheet1[hours])=0||ISBLANK(MAX(Sheet1[hours])),"pink",
                MAX(Sheet1[categorydesc ])="Holiday","black",
                MAX(Sheet1[categorydesc ])="Vacation","orange",
                MAX(Sheet1[categorydesc ])="Labor - Daily","green",
                MAX(Sheet1[categorydesc ])="Labor - Hourly ","green",
                MAX(Sheet1[categorydesc ])="Labor - Salary","green",
                "white")

Here is the sample pbix

Best Regards,
Liang
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[Anonymous]

@V-lianl-msft Here is my pbix file.  All of the colors are not working. 

file 

when there are no hours the background should be pink.  Also, it is only shading saturdays not sundays.  please let me know if you can access the file, if not please send me an email address.  Thanks a lot for your hel

[V-lianl-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Unfortunately, we are performing conditional formatting on "work hours" and can only judge when "work hours" has value.

Best Regards,
Liang
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[amitchandak]

Add +0 to your work hour formula

Also, move weekday condition as the first condition in Switch

[Anonymous]

@amitchandak When i move weeknumber condition to first condition in switch, everything changes to yellow.  I dont know how to add the work hours to this switch.