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Collin Quiring on 22 Oct 2019 03:40:22

We often have columns or measures that we want to be formatted the same in EVERY report tab in EVERY visual the same way. There is no universal method to format a measure in every visual in a report. We have to go into each visual on each report tab and do the exact same field formatting (colors, etc.) in each visual. We would like there to be a Universal option.

And, you know what will come next? :-) No doubt, somebody will want the formatting to be report wide EXCEPT for one single visual somewhere. Is that possible too?

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Mark Read on 05 Jul 2020 23:35:23

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This is critical in many matrices and graphics

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Chris on 05 Jul 2020 23:32:54

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Conditional formatting desperately needs to be updated. I can't believe I can do so many powerful things with this product, but easily coloring text red if the date is older than X years (for example) isn't one of them. It is extremely frustrating.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:32:24

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Additionally conditional formatting across rows instead of columns needs to be incorporated.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:31:41

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This is a must. The data bars in matrix/tables need more color options (such as based on defined value ranges) 0-6 RED, 7-8 AMBER, >9 GREEN

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David Phillips on 05 Jul 2020 23:31:01

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I desperately need to be able to conditionally format the segments of a pie chart

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:55

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Conditional color formatting on PIE/Donut charts would be extremely beneficial. Color banding depending on fill value. eg,
>80% = Green
>60% = Yellow

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William Uebelhart on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:36

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Adding conditional formatting to the background of a report would be extremely beneficial as well. We are attempting to create a dashboard that is displayed on SharePoint Online where the 'heat' boxes would have made the live dash much more dynamic.

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:27:29

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I agree.. this helps in elevating conditional formatting abilities for power bi.

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Tsunami on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:24

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This is pretty easy to conditional format text if your using IMPORT or SQL, this doesn't work on DIRECT connections.

First create additional NEW COLUMN in your table

The following query will populate the NEW COLUMN based on the test string you defined, in the example ive used planet names

StatusColour = If('table'[table.value]="mars",0) & if('table''[table.value]="sun",1) & if('table'[table.value]="earth",2)

You can then apply conditional formatting to your TEXT column either background colour or font colour or both (example below)

Based on Field = NEW COLUMN (SUM)
IF value is 0 then
IF value is 1 then
IF value is 2 then

shame about pie charts, hope that comes soon!

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Jack Wells on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:19

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I have a clustered column chart showing sales for this year vs. equivalent period last year.

I'l like to be able to highlight the current month this year in a different colour.

We basically need the conditional format by formula ability we have in Excel.

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