Conditional Formatting based on calculated column inc + and - returned results

[Anonymous]

Hello

I'm trying to change the background colour of a cell which is a returned result of a calculated column based on data from two other columns.

Background: I have a column of scheduled arrival, a column of actual arrival and a calculated column of how many minutes late/early it was.

I'd like to make the cell showing the early/late minutes Green for early/on time (a minus value), Amber for up to 5 minutes late and Red for 5 minutes + late.

The cells look like this:

Sch Arrival     Actual Arrival     Diff

8:00:00 AM    8:02:00 AM        2 mins

8:00:00 AM    7:59:00 AM        -1 mins

If it matters, the DAX function for the Diff column is as follows:

= Duration.ToRecord ([Arrival]-[Sch. Arrival])

Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction please? I've tried all of the in built conditional formatting options but they seem to based off the count of a column which doesn't work for me in this example.

Thank you!

[jdbuchanan71 · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous 

You can write a measure that you will use just to format your text.

Format Measure = MAX ( 'Table'[Diff] )

Then in the conditional formatting you apply the rules to that field.

[Anonymous]

Hi @jdbuchanan71 

I really appreciate your help! I feel like I'm so close to solving this but I'm having a small issue.

I've made the measure as required:

It has then entered itself into the report as expected:

But when applying the rule, the measure is Greyed out and not selectable:

Do you know why this might be? I've tried putting the measure itself into the actual report instead of Diff, selecting it and de-selecting it etc to no avail.

I'd really appreciate further guidance.

Thank you @jdbuchanan71 

[v-diye-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Please refer to the similar case: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Conditional-Formatting-based-on-percentage-of-multiple-values/m-p/720970#M347921 

Best regards,

Dina Ye

[Anonymous]

Thank @v-diye-msft , I will look at that thread to get an idea about what I'm doing wrong although @jdbuchanan71  had me soooo close to solving this thing.

I know it's going to be something super simple too get this rectified but it's eluding me at the moment.

Would you happen to know why the measure isn't selectable in the conditional formatting pane?

Thank you

[v-diye-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

It's unselectable in my side either, he should prabably add the calculated column rather than measure.  that I'd like to suggest you add the format measure and then applied it to values measure.  and the formula won't be very complicated. you can refer to the second part of my solved cases above.

Best regards,

Dina Ye

[v-diye-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

It seems i happen to know the point, what's the data type of your measure? it does work when I use whole number, but failed to use non-number type. 

Best regards,

Dina Ye

[Anonymous]

@jdbuchanan71  @v-diye-msft 

You two are the best!!!!

Thank you so much!

This is now solved so I will mark as complete.