Matrix Row Conditional Formatting

[ml0911]

I am trying to format a matrix so that the color of the row is tied to the department name. However, it is not applying the color to any values that are 0. See below:

I would like the entire row highlighted in the specified colors, even fields that are 0. I have one measure for specifying the row color and a second measure that forces blank values to be 0 because PowerBI was previously populating as blanks. See both below.

[v-sshirivolu]

Hi @ml0911 ,

I would take a moment to thank @MFelix  , for actively participating in the community forum and for the solutions you’ve been sharing in the community forum. Your contributions make a real difference.
 

I wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the information provided. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.

[Ahmedx]

try inserting &"'" instead of +0

ActualHoursZero = sum('Export'[Actual Hrs]) &"'"
or
ActualHoursZero = (sum('Export'[Actual Hrs])+0) &"'"

[ml0911]

Did not resolve the issue just replaced the 0s with ' 

Cells are still not highlighting. Thank you though

[MFelix]

Hi @ml0911 ,

What is the type of relationship you have between the tables?

Can you share a print screen of the relationships to check how is setup.

[ml0911]

Is this what you're looking for?

Thank you for your help again

[MFelix]

Hi @ml0911 ,

This explains the result you are having you need to have a one-to-many relationship for this to work in the proper way like I refered.

My question is on the Group names table the column that makes the relationship has a single value for each department or you can have several departments repeated?

[ml0911]

The column in the group names table does not have any repeated values. However, when I try to change the relationship to "one to many" PowerBI is not allowing this and automatically changes it back to "many to many".

[ml0911]

I just removed a blank row from this table and now it allowing a "one to many" relationship, however this has not fixed the issue with the cells not highlighting.

[MFelix]

Are you able to Share a copy of the file?

[cengizhanarslan]

Instead of fixing blanks in a separate step, make the displayed measure itself return 0:

Displayed Value =
COALESCE ( [Your Measure], 0 )

ALso your color logic is fine, but use it as Format by: Field value on the values in the matrix.

[ml0911]

I am using it as Format by: Field value. That's how I'm able to change the colors of the rows.

As far as the coalesce function, how is that any different from the +0 method? You're still fixing blanks in a separate step with an additional measure.

[ml0911]

I'm not really sure what a fact table or dimension table is. Sorry. The group names table is a separate table from the one where the matrix is pulling the 'Actual Hrs' values from. They are linked by the department name value. 

[MFelix]

Hi @ml0911 ,

The fact table is where you have all the information for you calculations in this case the Export Table and  Dimension tables describe business entities.

Check this link about this concepts (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/star-schema#star-schema-overview)

Concerning the relationship are they done with a one to many relationship?

Can you please share a mockup data or sample of your PBIX file. You can use a onedrive, google drive, we transfer or similar link to upload your files.

If the information is sensitive please share it trough private message.

[ml0911]

Thank you for the explanation. That makes sense. It is a "many to many" relationship. I cannot share the data as it is confidential. Do you know of a workaround for this issue?

[MFelix]

Hi @ml0911 ,

Is the Group Names your Fact table or is it a dimension table connected to your fact? This usually happens because the result of the query is an empty value and does not shows in the "virtual table" that is part of visual.

In the examples below I have the same matrix however one is with the values from the fact and the other is the values from the dimension:

What happens is altough you have a value of 0 in the visualization in this case the value Brazil does not exist in the fact table so no result is given for the condittional formatting.