I currently have a report that kind of looks like this in Excel. Is it possible to create the same structure with the color formatting in Power BI? Especially with the Percentage Sale and Sales Amount below each other in the row?
I tried using Matrix visual but I kind of run into a problem since the columns would have different format types - whole number and percentage. Also tried with showing columns in rows, while using Percentage Sale and Sales Amount as two columns. But then I would have problems with the color formatting. Any ideas how to achieve it in Power BI?
Its actually simple ..... just follow these steps
1.) You can use matrix or table both... but I preferred tables
2.) Go to format Visual (In visualistation you can see 3 option... its the middle one)
3.) After that click on values.
4.) Now you can se background color , alterante background color etc
5.) Just choose it acc to preferences
If you want a bar label in a selected column then,
6.)In build format, right click on your column (which you want to customize)
7.)Select conditional formatting
8.)Now you can change color
9.)apply this. After that you can see your data of selected columns are showing grid bars
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I have ran into an issue that seems like it should be easy to solve but I am hitting a wall.
Here is an example of the matrix visual I am trying to create. The columns in green are good. The columns in red text are what I am struggling with. The yellow highlights represent the totals that are blank on my visual in power bi, as well as one calculating incorrectly due to the measure.
I also pasted the Food Goals table that I am working with. The issues seem to stem from the fact that I do not have an overall food goal % for the company, only by department. In the excel file, you can see what the ideal totals row would look like in the matrix, along with the formulas used in the spreadsheet to calculate.
Excel File Screenshot
How can I do custom number formatting in a Power Bi visual?
I don't want to show all value as million. I want to put thousand for 1-day value, and million for 1-week value and year for 1-year value.
Power BI charts follow the principles of good data visualisation. That includes a scale that is relevant to the data with labels that relate to the scale.
In the visualisation, the differences for the values less than 1M are not discernible. The label with the 0M supports that approach, although it doesn't look great. But that happens when you have a chart with very large AND very small values. Power BI only supports one display unit and you selected Millions.
You may want to consider using a different visual for the data. Not all visuals to be shown as charts. If you want to show the exact numbers, then a simple table might be a better approach. In a sorted list of numbers, the digits in a number act very much like a horizontal bar.
Or split the chart in two and show one chart for values above 1M and another for values below 1M.
Or use Thousands as display units instead of Millions.
I would like to create a simple chart from 2 or more columns in Power BI.
Here's my data, for each column, a 1 marks an occurrence of an event, null means it did not happen.
I would like to turn this data into a very simple bar graph, showing both these fields' numeric totals (i.e. summing all the 1's). The bars would be shown side by side. I would like it to look exactly like this, only instead of male/female it would show "alcohol occurrences" and "MDMA" occurrences.
Here's my stacked column chart:
And when I try and put the column names on the axes so that they can be properly labeled, I get this:
I can achieve most of what I want using a clustered bar chart, but the problem there is that it won't let me label the axis with the alcohol / MDMA column names:
How can I make a simple, labeled graph, stacking both columns up against each other, showing the numeric sums for each column? Again, I want it to look exactly as the male/female example shown above. Is this even possible? Thank you in advance.
In the above scenario, all the values are considered to be in the same category and that means there is no direct way to do this. There are a couple of workarounds to make it look like the desired output:
To get the gap between the two bars:
You should create a new measure, Measure New = 0
Add this measure in the middle of the two values in the bar chart
This should give you a gap in between the two bars
To get the axis values added:
Create two text boxes with the text "Alcohol" and "MDMA" added
Place these text boxes below the respective bars to make it look like they are the axis values
These workarounds can become quite tedious when you have to do it for a larger number of charts/values. On a lighter note, it baffles me that you can consistently come up with these specific scenarios where you expect the charts to do exactly the opposite of what they are meant for 😉
Hi I'm trying to create a Bar Chart like this (This chart is an illustration, not created from data yet):
If the data is being fetched from a single table, how can I have dual color scheme for bar is past and future. Also how can I place a moving marker that automatically updates the TODAY placard based on whenever the report is viewed and accordingly bars should follow the past and future color schemes.
Schema is roughly as follows:
Table1: Issue ID, Release name, issue priority
Table2: Release name, Release date
In Power BI as well as in Excel, the secret is in the data layout. You can't just have all your past and future data in two columns and magically expect that some of them will turn out red and orange instead of dark and light gray.
You will need to prep your data source to include stacked series for the light gray, dark gray, red and orange series. Stack all series on top of each other and make sure that where the red and orange series have values, there are only zero values for the gray series.
I suggest you use four columns for four stacked series and divide the values accordingly.
In Power BI, you can apply the same principle as in this Excel screenshot.
Let me know if you need help translating that to Power BI.
Edit: The Power BI data does not have to be static. You can build columns with Dax functions that arrange the data in the pattern required. Add four columns to your data model with the formulas
chtPastProdA = if(tblProducts[Date]<TODAY(),tblProducts[Product A],0)
chtPastProdB = if(tblProducts[Date]<today(),tblProducts[Product B],0)
chtFutureProdA = if(tblProducts[Date]>=today(),tblProducts[Product A],0)
chtFutureProdB = if(tblProducts[Date]>=today(),tblProducts[Product B],0)
Then build a stacked column chart and stack all four of these series. Format the colors.
For the "Today" marker you would need a custom label, which Power BI currently does not support. But since the demarcation between gray and red/yellow is today, it's quite obvious where the current date is, anyway.
With Power BI line charts there is a limitation of not being able to add more than one "Values" field when a "Legend" field has been defined.
The feature I need is to simply be able to plot a horizontal line based on a measure I calculate via DAX.
Currently the Analytics tab allows to add constant lines based on max/min/avg of Value but doesn't allow to specify a measure from the data model to plot as horizontal line.
Can someone provide a solution or work around to be able to plot additional horizontal lines on line chart?
The reason you can't put a second measure on your chart when you have a legend defined is because the legend creates multiple colored lines out of a single measure. If there were 2 measures, it would expect to convert both measures into multiple colored lines too, and then you'd have 2 lines that correspond to each legend item. Either the chart would have two lines with the same color, or you'd need 2 colors for the same legend item. Neither of which are very clear.
I don't think that's what you're looking to accomplish with a second measure, though. You're looking to add a reference line on the chart based on the second measure, not split the 2nd measure out by the legend. It's a reasonable request.
If your legend isn't highly dynamic and doesn't have too many items, you can create a measure for each legend item.
Say you have a Sales measure and a Sales Category with 5 items (Cat1-Cat5 for simplicity). Create 5 measures, each filtered to one legend item.
Cat1 Sales:=CALCULATE([Sales],'Your Table Name'[Sales Category]="Cat1")
Cat2 Sales:=CALCULATE([Sales],'Your Table Name'[Sales Category]="Cat2")
....
You can then remove Sales Category from your legend, and remove Sales from your Values. Instead, in Values, place the 5 measures: Cat1 Sales - Cat5 Sales. This will make one line per legend item, so your chart shouldn't look too different. However, now you've done that, you can also drag on a 6th measure as your reference line. It's not the greatest solution but it should work as a stop-gap.
In the format section of your line chart, you can also change the data color for each measure e.g. if you want your reference line black and your measures shades of blue.
There are several ideas in the Power BI ideas forum requesting a reference line based on a measure, and I do recommend adding your voice to them too. E.g. https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/15497754-ability-to-dynamically-with-dax-functions-or-meas or https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/13296177-dynamic-reference-lines