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Vickar
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Power BI : Dynamic Colors for TopN values on Clutered Column Chart

Requirement: Assign dynamic colors to the subcategory values on the clustered column chart. Background: The chart shows Top 6 subcategories by SalesAmount and rest other categories as Others. There ...
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    Vickar
    3 years ago

    shout-out to Amira Bedhiafi for providing the solution on stackoverflow 
    Below is the DAX solution to the problem in the [SelectedSubcategoryColor] measure

     

    SelectedSubcategoryColor =
VAR _CurrentSubcategory = SELECTEDVALUE ( Subcategory[SubcategoryName] )
VAR _AllSubcategories = ALLSELECTED( Subcategory )
VAR _CurrentRank = RANKX( _AllSubcategories, [Sales], , DESC )
RETURN
    SWITCH(
        TRUE(),
        _CurrentRank = 1, "Red",
        _CurrentRank = 2, "Green",
        _CurrentRank = 3, "Blue",
        _CurrentRank = 4, "Orange",
        _CurrentRank = 5, "Purple",
        _CurrentRank = 6, "Yellow",
        _CurrentSubcategory = "Others", "Grey",
        "Black"
    )

     

     

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Vickar
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3 years ago

VijayP appreciate your feedback. The problem persists though. If I select less than 5 subcategories from the filter pane, the visual still breaks. Also, as part of the requirement, the visual should show max 7 data elements, 6 topn and rest as others. So the topn shouldn't come from the slicer, it should be static value as 6