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Hi,
I the new power bi, how do I change the background of a column in a matrix.
This functyionality used to be available under "field formatting", however seems to be removed.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
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Hi @Grins ,
You can customize a color for eah column.
Best regards,
Yadong Fang
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Hi @Grins ,
You can customize a color for eah column.
Best regards,
Yadong Fang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Thank you for the feedback, however I am not tring to accomplish conditional formatting. I have 3 column headers repeated for each categorry - Green, Amber and Red. I just need to make each column / header background color either Green, Amber or Red.
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