Certain Fields are not Available as "Field Value" in conditional formatting

[Anonymous]

When I am attempting to create icons for my values in a table, certain values are not available as "Field Value".  They are all set as decimal numbers as their data type.  I am wondering if it could have something to do with my excel file? Please help!

[v-easonf-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi, @Anonymous 

No,there is no any simple way to make these values available as field values .

You have to create a measure  like below ,then apply it to  icon conditional formatting  of any field's you want:

icon format by field = 
VAR studentOutcomes = SUM (Sheet1[Student Outcomes])
    RETURN
    SWITCH ( 
        TRUE(),
        studentOutcomes>=0 && studentOutcomes<60, "FlagLow",
        studentOutcomes>=60 && studentOutcomes<90, "FlagMedium",
        studentOutcomes>=90 && studentOutcomes<100, "FlagHigh",
        studentOutcomes=100, "FlagBlack",
        "CircleLow"
    )

If you are not familiar with creating measures, it is  suggest to  "format by Rules ".

You can check my pbix for more details.

Related threads:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/What-are-the-icon-IDs-In-July-update/m-p/752075#M362440 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Icons-Conditional-Formatting-by-Field/m-p/757235 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

[amitchandak]

@Anonymous , One of the option with field value is return color or hexcode. You can create a measure do so.

example

Colour =
SWITCH(TRUE(),
'Table'[Date] < TODAY(), "red",
'Table'[Date] = TODAY(), "orange",
"green")

Colour =
SWITCH(TRUE(),
max('Table'[Month Year]) = "Jan-2020", "red",
Max('Table'[Month Year]) < "Feb-2020", "orange",
//keep on adding
"green")

https://radacad.com/dax-and-conditional-formatting-better-together-find-the-biggest-and-smallest-numbers-in-the-column
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-conditional-table-formatting#color-by-color-values

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much for responding, but this is above my skill level in power bi.  I really do not know how to code.  I am hoping there is a simple way to make these values available as field values so that I can use the icons.  Do you know of a simpler way by any chance?  Thank you again for responding!