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Set transparency for colors in Power BI

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Krishna Sankar on 10 Aug 2015 09:12:15

Being able to set transparency for Colors. RGBA or equivalent is extremely critical visualization tool. This is very helpful when you want to layer visualizations on top of each other. Ex. Layer an image on top of a text box. Layer different parts of an area chart. Layer a combo chart. This is a basic

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Kashif on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:39

RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

how come this is not possible by now? is this being watched by MS?

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:09:18

RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

How is this not possible by now? :O

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Chandrika Prajapati on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:41

RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

PLEASE PLEASE?

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Jamie on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:15

RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

Five years is a long time for this basic request to be hanging out here...any official response or plan?

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:17

RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

This is very much required.

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Peter Nicholas on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:03

RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

Agree, or allow 8 character hex codes so we can set transparency.

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Urs Mächler on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:04

RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

such a simple step ... just do it!

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Kevin Townsley on 06 Jul 2020 00:02:18

RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

I'm very disappointed that this isn't an option. This would allow me to make my visuals so much more informative... Get your **** together.

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Frederic SImons on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:58

RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

you just need to allow 8 char in the custom color box to allow the value of transparency. So simple...

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Ptrk on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:06

RE: Set transparency for colors in Power BI

Wow, this idea was opened more than 4 years ago.
Please think about that improvement.