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boyerusmc
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6 years ago
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Stacked bar chart formatting

Hello! I've read a couple posts about conditional formatting for a stacked bar chart and the only one post was close. Unfortunately, it's a burden to have to conditionally format using measures, esp...
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  • dedelman_clng's avatar
    dedelman_clng
    6 years ago

    Hello @boyerusmc -

    I've done something similar in the past, and it involves making two measures for value that could be negative:

    Total Remaining Neg = var __tot = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Remaining]))
return IF (__tot < 0, __tot, 0)
    Total Remaining Pos = var __tot = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Remaining]))
return IF ( __tot >= 0, __tot, 0)

    Then rename them after you put them in as values, change the colors, and

    2020-08-06 10_00_54-Window.png

    I hope this helps,

    David

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Anonymous
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6 years ago

boyerusmc 

 

I don't see any conditional format option for stacked bar chart. Can you provide a sample of what do you have now? Or what do you want to achieve.

 

Regards
Paul

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boyerusmc
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6 years ago

Providing a visual example. I want any bar that falls below $0 to be red.

 

 

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    boyerusmc
    Frequent Visitor
    6 years ago

    Sorry - part two: snapshot below shows there's no option for advanced controls / conditional formatting for the data colors.

     

     

    • dedelman_clng's avatar
      dedelman_clng
      Community Champion
      6 years ago

      Hello @boyerusmc -

      I've done something similar in the past, and it involves making two measures for value that could be negative:

      Total Remaining Neg = var __tot = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Remaining]))
return IF (__tot < 0, __tot, 0)
      Total Remaining Pos = var __tot = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Remaining]))
return IF ( __tot >= 0, __tot, 0)

      Then rename them after you put them in as values, change the colors, and

      2020-08-06 10_00_54-Window.png

      I hope this helps,

      David

      • boyerusmc's avatar
        boyerusmc
        Frequent Visitor
        6 years ago

        Thanks David, this worked like a champ!