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Grins
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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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v-yadongf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Grins ,

 

You can customize a color for eah column.

vyadongfmsft_0-1663060628792.png

 

Best regards,

Yadong Fang

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v-yadongf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Grins ,

 

You can customize a color for eah column.

vyadongfmsft_0-1663060628792.png

 

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.

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Grins , Under cell elements

https://amitchandak.medium.com/power-bi-where-is-the-conditional-formatting-option-in-new-format-pan...

 

amitchandak_0-1662718321145.png

 

 

Also, check specific column, if needed

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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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