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Anonymous
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how to convert excel background colors cells to a data table?

Hello everybody,

 

I need some help to convert a excel planning to a data table.

My main problem is to convert the background color cells to data. The color stand for different projects.

 

planning bi.JPGPlanning maaiseizoen.JPG 

Thank you guys for your affords.

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@Anonymous,

 

Not yet supported. Besides, you may take a look at Conditional table formatting in Power BI Desktop.

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@Anonymous,

 

You may take a look at link below.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_excel-mso_mac/converting-color-coded-cells-into-numbers-excel/b70a2c9e-9927-49c8-a299-48d39ac8180f

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Anonymous
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Is this possible in power bi? Or is it better too work with macro's in excel?

@Anonymous,

 

Not yet supported. Besides, you may take a look at Conditional table formatting in Power BI Desktop.

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
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