How to Compare 2 Values

[Anonymous]

My dataset is set up as follows:

• identifier
• timeframe
• metrics

The indentifier shows up multiple times in the table because there are multiple timeframes (i.e. 1 Week Ago, 2 Weeks Ago, etc.). This table is used to track changes in my metrics. For example, using this table we can see that last week there were 8 stores closed in zone 1, 2 weeks ago there were 10 stores closed, etc. 

I would like to buy a table/visual that will allow me to track the trends. Ideally, it would look like this:

I would like to utilize icons to idicate whether the metric has increased, decreased or remained the same from last week. 

The issue I am running into is that when I use Rules in the conditional formatting section, it will only allow me to make the comparison to a summarization of the data:

But when I change it from Field Value to rules, it does not allow me to select the column I want to compare it to. 

Can anyone make some suggestions about how to do this?

[v-xinruzhu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

You can use UNICHAR() function to realize it insteading of using incons in conditional conditional formatting.

e.g you can create three measure:

STOREUPPER = var a=MAXX(FILTER(ALLSELECTED('Table'),'Table'[Zone ID]=MAX([Zone ID])&&LEFT([Relative Week Description],1)+0=LEFT(MAX([Relative Week Description]),1)-1),[Store ])
return SWITCH(TRUE(),MAX([Store ])>a,UNICHAR(129049),MAX([Store ])<a,UNICHAR(129051),UNICHAR(129050))

ECLOUPPER = var a=MAXX(FILTER(ALLSELECTED('Table'),'Table'[Zone ID]=MAX([Zone ID])&&LEFT([Relative Week Description],1)+0=LEFT(MAX([Relative Week Description]),1)-1),[ECLO])
return SWITCH(TRUE(),MAX([ECLO])>a,UNICHAR(129049),MAX([ECLO])<a,UNICHAR(129051),UNICHAR(129050))

STOREUPPER = var a=MAXX(FILTER(ALLSELECTED('Table'),'Table'[Zone ID]=MAX([Zone ID])&&LEFT([Relative Week Description],1)+0=LEFT(MAX([Relative Week Description]),1)-1),[Store ])
return SWITCH(TRUE(),MAX([Store ])>a,UNICHAR(129049),MAX([Store ])<a,UNICHAR(129051),UNICHAR(129050))

and put them to table

You can refer to the following link to know more about the function:

DAX UNICHAR function in Power BI | Datapeaker

The following link is the related code of the icon:

Huge List of Unicode Character Symbols (vertex42.com)

Best Regards!

Yolo Zhu

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