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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 03 Aug 2022 05:06:29

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.

Comments (151)

Mohammed SUHEL on 03 Aug 2021 03:23:55

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

It's been year when would this be implemented we need this and more Conditional Formatting options in Power BI. Thanks

Robert Ekroll on 08 Apr 2021 12:57:25

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

Still after so many years conditional formatting/icon formatting based on text in the current cell is not available. Hope you can add this functionality soon

on 10 Nov 2020 00:26:51

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

For example in card visualization. If my status is Red, I would like to change background color to red as well to stand out

on 10 Nov 2020 00:26:00

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

For example in a table you can apply conditional formatting based on numbers, percentage or sales, but what about if you want to color formatting based on text taht woukd help a lot for non numeric users!

Thanks in advance!

Kah Heng Yeong on 09 Nov 2020 06:41:19

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

Actually it is possible to conditional format text in Power BI although it is not so straightforward.

https://exceleratorbi.com.au/conditional-formatting-with-a-text-field-in-power-bi/

But yes, if there is a direct function would certainly save heaps of time trying to manually write a DAX for it.

Atif Siddiqui on 10 Sep 2020 07:45:03

RE: Conditional Formatting for Text

Desperately need ability to format cell as well as the entire row in the table visual based on text value. i have a table of features with columns Backlog ID, Title, Status, Size, Assigned to. I want to color the entire row based on status.

If status = "Done" the row background color becomes Green
If status = "In Progress" the row background color becomes Yellow
If status = "Dropped" the row background color becomes Orange