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Conditional Formatting for Text

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Power BI User on 09 Nov 2017 03:18:20

It would be great to conditional format a table and/or a matrix based on the cell text, not only numbers

Administrator on 20 Jul 2024 20:49:20

This month we added the ability to format text fields based off a numeric field: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-may-2018-feature-summary/#conditionalFormatting We also are planning on adding a feature that will let you format your text based on comparisons. I'll update this idea based on our progress on that feature.

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Paul on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:50

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I am surprised conditional formatting only seems to apply to numbers; it needs to be applicable to text.

Also, whilst it does apply for numbers it doesn't seem to be extendable to total rows which is highly inconvenient too.

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Shital on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:47

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

This is pretty basic functionality. How are we supposed to drill through the big reports without proper visuals?

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Mats on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:46

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

A basic function in reporting to be able to change color if value >,

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Chris on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:35

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

I really need this so I can display red, amber, green status for project reporting

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Amit Ganguli on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:22

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

Please have this added ASAP.

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Vincent Pray on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:33

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

Have wanted this for so long! PBI dev - check out Dev Express for conditional formatting ideas - best functionality for this I've ever seen.

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Sara Mesquita on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:33

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

Really important! It is a basic need ...

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:27

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

This seems pretty basic. Should have been done by now.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:15

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

I totally Agree with this; It would be great to conditional format a table and/or a matrix based on the cell text, not only numbers.

Also, it would be nice to be able to have a full row to be conditional formatted based on a value from a specific column too!

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andrew on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:43

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

lack of this functionality make the use of Power BI completely useless as a project and program BI tool, we were considering its use however is back to excel and the current PPM tool

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