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How to Add a Categorical Icon to Table

Hello,

 

I'm a new PowerBI user coming over from Tableau. I'm trying to determine if there is a way to add a categorical circle icon to a text table, similar to the Tableau screenshot below:

 

Screenshot 2023-02-10 155657.png

 

Can you let me know the best process to use in PowerBI to achieve the desired result above?

 

Thank you,

Paul

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , You can create a unichar measure

 

Example

🟠
128992
🟡
128993
🟢
128994
🟣
128995

🟤
128996

 

Switch(Max(table[Category]),

"Cat1", unichar(128992),

"Cat2", unichar(128993),

"Cat2", unichar(128994),

// add others

unichar(128995) //default

)

 

Or you can circle and do conditional formatting

 

same manner

 

UNICHAR - Tool for Custom Icon Formatting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veCtfP8IhbI&list=PLPaNVDMhUXGaaqV92SBD5X2hk3TMNlHhb&index=50

 

https://exceleratorbi.com.au/conditional-formatting-using-icons-in-power-bi/
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/FORMAT-icon-set-for-use-in-a-data-card/td-p/811692

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , You can create a unichar measure

 

Example

🟠
128992
🟡
128993
🟢
128994
🟣
128995

🟤
128996

 

Switch(Max(table[Category]),

"Cat1", unichar(128992),

"Cat2", unichar(128993),

"Cat2", unichar(128994),

// add others

unichar(128995) //default

)

 

Or you can circle and do conditional formatting

 

same manner

 

UNICHAR - Tool for Custom Icon Formatting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veCtfP8IhbI&list=PLPaNVDMhUXGaaqV92SBD5X2hk3TMNlHhb&index=50

 

https://exceleratorbi.com.au/conditional-formatting-using-icons-in-power-bi/
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/FORMAT-icon-set-for-use-in-a-data-card/td-p/811692

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