Change Table Color based on associated slicer selection

[Daniel_B]

Hi All

I'm trying to make the colour of a table change based on the associated slicer selection

Would I need to create a measure for all of the available selections (in this instance I have 4, positive, negative, mixed and neutral) and a table with free-text which fall under one of those 4 categories

For example:

Free Text              Sentiment

Blah Blah Blah      Neutral

Would I need to create a measure where free-text row = NEUTRAL, add that to the table then set up a conditional format to show if slicer selection = NEUTRAL then table colour = BLUE

If that isn't the case, any links/ideas that might guide me on this one

Thanks

Dan_B

[MartynRamsden · Accepted solution]

Hi @Daniel_B 

Create a measure similar to below (you'll need to replace the table name with your actual table name):

Sentiment Colour = 
VAR SelSentiment = SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Sentiment] )
VAR Result =
SWITCH (
    TRUE(),
    SelSentiment = "Positive", "Green",
    SelSentiment = "Negative", "Red",
    SelSentiment = "Neutral", "Gray",
    SelSentiment = "Mixed", "Orange"
)
RETURN Result

Then, head to the formatting pane of your table visualisation and expand Conditional Formatting.

Select the relevant field and enable 'Background color'.

Click Advanced controls

Select format by 'Field value' and then select your newly created measure.

You'll then end up with something like this:

You can find more info here: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-conditional-table-formatting 

Hope it helps.

Best regards,

Martyn

[Daniel_B]

@MartynRamsden , thank you so much for that - works perfectly (colours are a bit bolder than I'd like but I can work on that 🙂 )

Very Much appreciated

[MartynRamsden]

Hi @Daniel_B 

No problem!

You can replace the names of the colours in the DAX expression with the hex code of any colour you prefer.
There's an example of this towards the bottom of the article I linked to.

Best regards,
Martyn

[Anonymous]

I think this can be accomplished with conditional formatting. Maybe make a calculated field that has a number (1,2,3,4) based on your slicer selection with an "IF" statement?

IF Sentiment = Neutral THEN 0 etc.

Then make a conditional format that colors the values red, orange, green, etc based on the calculated field.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Conditional-Formatting-in-Power-BI-Tables/ba-p/42799...