Conditional formatted measures using SWITCH

[matt16]

A current limitation in Power BI SWITCH measures (and all Power Pivot actually) is that a SWITCH measure must have a single format. It is currently not possible to conditionally format the measure result based on any criteria - it is one single format only. There are valid use cases where you may want to change the format of the SWITCH measure depending on the result. Consider the following SWITCH statement myMeasure = SUMX(MeasureTable,switch([selected measure], 1,[Total Sales], 2,[Total Cost], 3,[Total Margin], 4,[Chg Sales vs LY %] )) The first 3 results are all currency format, but the last result is a percentage format. This currently can't be controlled. I would like to see an optional 3rd parameter in the SWITCH statement to set an alternate number format.

[vaal1990]

That would be so useful and would make the reports faster! I am working in a financial reports, and I was obligated to create an "Amount measure" and an "% measure" since i can not create just one u.u

[alexisolson1]

The FORMAT function sort of works, but means the result is text data type and values are rounded to precision displayed.

[attilio_pilone]

'@Patrick, "FORMAT" function works for tables and Matrix, unfortunately STILL not working for e.g. stacked charts..Is there a reason we still have no answer from the team after 2 years?

[fbcideas_migusr]

come on - more than 1000 votes and no "we consider that on our roadmap" comment or something similar from the MS team???

[sheren_nguyen1]

It would be very helpful to support business needs to show both number and ratio format.

[realquo]

Well, you can achieve that using FORMAT in your measure definition, e.g. (real example, nth member of a SWITCH clause): values('KPI'[KPI]) = "VA/Ricavi"; format(divide(CALCULATE ( [Importo]; tb_CE[IdTopParent] = 1) + CALCULATE ( [Importo]; tb_CE[IdTopParent] = 7);CALCULATE ( [Importo]; tb_CE[IdTopParent] = 1));"0.00%")

[nexster1]

Does anyone know if this will be possible with the upcoming Expression-Based Formatting feature? This is the description: "Report authors need flexibility over how their visuals are formatted. As well as defining formatting through the formatting pane, a DAX expression can be used to set the formatting, giving full control over the business logic used to format the visual. Authors can create rules that set the color of a KPI based on the progress towards a goal, set the style of a line on a chart based on which category is performing best, or any combination of these. Authors can even dynamically update the title of a visual based on selections made elsewhere in the report."

[henrik_tiljande]

This would be so helpful!

[nexster1]

It's strange that this is almost at 2K votes and hasn't even received any sort of response from Microsoft. There are quite a few ideas with less votes that have received responses...but not this one.

[dmamodaly]

Yes please I face the same problem!!!!