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WJ876400
Helper IV
Helper IV

conditional formatting

Hi

 

I have the below table, the number of students is a count of the students ID and the % of total is the students ID but as a percentage of the row total. I want to format the background colour but just for the % of total column which are RED. I want to coulor the background Red if it is over 10%, Amber if it is 3-9% and Green if under 3%. Is there a way to do this?, thanks for any help

 

WJ876400_0-1613059308312.png

 

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v-robertq-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @WJ876400 

According to your description and sample picture, you want to set the conditional format for the [% of Total] for the color Red, right?

You can try my steps:

This is the test data I created according to your sample picture:

v-robertq-msft_0-1613113901354.png

  1. Create these measures:
Number of students =

COUNTX(FILTER(ALLSELECTED('Table'),[ID]=MAX('Table'[ID])),[ID])
% of Total =

var _total=COUNTX(ALL('Table'),[ID])

return

DIVIDE([Number of students],_total )
Color format =

SWITCH(

    TRUE(),

    [% of Total]>0.1,"Red",

    [% of Total]<=0.1&&[% of Total]>=0.03,"Orange",

    [% of Total]<0.03,"Green"

)
  1. I created a Matrix and place these columns and measures, then open the conditional format like this:

v-robertq-msft_1-1613113901365.png

v-robertq-msft_2-1613113901373.png

 

And you can get what you want, like this:

v-robertq-msft_3-1613113901379.png

 

You can download my test pbix file here

 

If this result is not what you want, you can post some sample data(without sensitive data) and your expected result.

How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly 

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Robert Qin

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-robertq-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @WJ876400 

According to your description and sample picture, you want to set the conditional format for the [% of Total] for the color Red, right?

You can try my steps:

This is the test data I created according to your sample picture:

v-robertq-msft_0-1613113901354.png

  1. Create these measures:
Number of students =

COUNTX(FILTER(ALLSELECTED('Table'),[ID]=MAX('Table'[ID])),[ID])
% of Total =

var _total=COUNTX(ALL('Table'),[ID])

return

DIVIDE([Number of students],_total )
Color format =

SWITCH(

    TRUE(),

    [% of Total]>0.1,"Red",

    [% of Total]<=0.1&&[% of Total]>=0.03,"Orange",

    [% of Total]<0.03,"Green"

)
  1. I created a Matrix and place these columns and measures, then open the conditional format like this:

v-robertq-msft_1-1613113901365.png

v-robertq-msft_2-1613113901373.png

 

And you can get what you want, like this:

v-robertq-msft_3-1613113901379.png

 

You can download my test pbix file here

 

If this result is not what you want, you can post some sample data(without sensitive data) and your expected result.

How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly 

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Robert Qin

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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