Bar Chart in different color for current/future month

[Anonymous]

Hey Guys,

I have a Bar Chart with months on the x-axis and i would like to change the colour for those month in which we are current in and for those ones in the future.

So Sep, Okt, Nov, and Dez should be shown in a different colour.

Anyone who knows how to solve this???

[v-zhangti · Accepted solution]

Hi, @Anonymous 

You can try the following methods. Calculate the numbers for the year and month with calculated columns.

Month = Month([Date])

Year = YEAR([Date])

Measure:

Color = IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Month])>=MONTH(TODAY())&&SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Year])>=YEAR(TODAY()),"Red")

Result:

Is this the result you expect?

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[Anonymous]

Hey @v-zhangti !

Do you maybe have a similiar Solution for a BarChart with quarterly view???

I tried: 

Future Dates_BarChart_Quarterly = IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Date Table'[Quarter])>=QUARTER(TODAY())&&SELECTEDVALUE('Date Table'[Year])>=YEAR(TODAY()),"#DD5252")

But im not able to choose this measure as a conditional field...it´s grayed out

[Anonymous]

Hi @v-zhangti,

thank you so much! That is working perfectly!

Do you know if i can change the "Red" into a colour-code?

[Anonymous]

I just tried and yes it is able to just switch "Red" into any colour code that is needed. In my example "#DD5252"

[PaulDBrown]

Create a measure to use for the conditional formatting along the lines of:

future dates = IF(MONTH(MAX(Table[Date])) > MONTH(TODAY()) && YEAR(MAX(Table[Date])) >= YEAR(TODAY()), "Red")

[Anonymous]

Thanks Paul!
I guess this will go into the right direction, unfortunately there is something wrong with the function and i can´t figure out what it ist...

Should the Table[Date] part refer to my usual calendar table?