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Color Scales stopped working today

The color scales stopped working today.  I didn't make any changes or updates, but today's data displayed as a solid color and when I tried to go in and update the color scale, nothing worked.  Everything is displaying as the Minimum value now.  Assuming there's a bug with the new color scale functionality.  

Color_Scale.JPG

 

 

 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

For me too!  I believe it is caused by the November 2018 update.

v-qiuyu-msft
Community Support

Hi @js_ultimus@Anonymous,

 

I have tested in Power BI desktop November version but not able to reproduce the issue. Please test with our report on your side to see if the same issue occurs. 

 

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Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu 

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi Qiuyun,

 

I will try your file when I get to work tomorrow. In the meantime, could you try switching your visualization to a column chart? Mine is a column chart and it is showing a single color even when color scale is selected in Data Colors. It was showing proper color scale prior to installing the November 2018 update.

 

 

Best Regards,

 

Ferdinand

js_ultimus
New Member

I still have same issue with bar charts.  Color Scale stopped working.

 

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RamySaroufim
Employee

Hello @js_ultimus,

We are so sorry for your experience. We need more information to be able to identify the issue.

* Is it possible to share the pbix file with us?

* Can you please make a copy of your visual, convert it to a Table, and add the measure used in the Conditional Formatting (Todays_calls). I need to make sure the measure is evaluated as expected.

js_ultimus
New Member

I think I found a solution.  The color scale seems to work when I switch to a Clustered Bar/Column chart as opposed to the original Stacked Bar/Column chart.

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @js_ultimus,

 

For me, it worked after I removed the item I have in the TOOLTIP field well.

 

 

Regards,

 

Ferdinand

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi v-qiuyu-msft,

 

The behavior is the same with the report you sent.  Color scale stopped working after I dragged a field in the Tooltips field well.

 

Without vs With tooltip.png

 

Best Regards,

 

Ferdinand

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @js_ultimus,

 

Could you please try dragging a field to the Tooltips field well and see if the color scale still works?  It initially worked for me after switching to stacked bar but I think it was because the item in the Tooltips field well was automatically removed by the visualization switch.  When I added it back, color scale stopped working again.

 

 

Best Regards,

 

Ferdinand

js_ultimus
New Member

Same result for me - if I have something in the Tooltips the color scale stops working.  Seems like that's the issue.