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Tom Andrews on 02 Sep 2015 16:45:54

It would be great if you could do conditional formatting throughout all of Power BI Desktop. e.g. text boxes have conditional formatting based on your data. It would be great if conditional formatting also worked with the different bars in bar charts etc.

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e40e690b eee9-497c-9429-635f34193140 on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:48

RE: Conditional Formatting throughout

Like to see conditional formatting for values in a matrix. ie Negative = Red font and positive = Black.

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02ceb6e3 abee-e911-a812-000d3a4f1cdd on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:25

RE: Conditional Formatting throughout

I would like to be able to color code text (e.g. "High" is red, "Medium" is yellow, etc. And it would also be great to be able to do the same for unicode. So if I can make an upward arrow green, a downward arrow red, etc. The point it, I have use cases for having more granular control over a variety of text and other DAX calculated elements. Thanks!

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41a51716 b523-4cdf-98fd-e8e856e59e1a on 05 Jul 2020 22:50:57

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Conditional formatting should not only be available if you summarize your data... if you want a line to turn red based on a value in your table why would you force the user to summarize????

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969e5ba3 c81a-4db1-bc88-61492e49ab05 on 05 Jul 2020 22:50:35

RE: Conditional Formatting throughout

Please add the ability to conditionally format text independent of background. It would make a huge difference for financial reporting and allow the correct emphasis to be placed on columns or outliers.

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bb3e2cc3 1fc6-4ba1-be88-4ed790d08eb6 on 05 Jul 2020 22:47:54

RE: Conditional Formatting throughout

Really really would like to see conditional formatting for values in a matrix. ie Negative = Red font and positive = Black. Please add!!

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067e180b 4e6a-418a-bf3e-8b6c3b5c6820 on 05 Jul 2020 22:47:37

RE: Conditional Formatting throughout

conditional formatting does not currently allow for negative values in red, positive in black--please fix!

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cecec751 137c-43e2-94a2-0e55ccfa61fb on 05 Jul 2020 22:45:29

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I need to be able to have negative numbers automatically adjust the font color to red.

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33ca6b6d b020-4724-b0e4-1eb4e6dbcd6b on 05 Jul 2020 22:43:24

RE: Conditional Formatting throughout

This is a very basic feature to show negative value in red color

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f2c9bca6 fb45-42b9-9b38-2481bdc674be on 05 Jul 2020 22:41:00

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Also conditional formatting should be able to use a different measure for the min or max values. Like explained in this suggestion.
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/17266151-conditional-formatting-based-on-a-different-measur

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f2c9bca6 fb45-42b9-9b38-2481bdc674be on 05 Jul 2020 22:41:00

RE: Conditional Formatting throughout

Quoting from Mike "There are other registered ideas that are almost the same as this one. This uncontrolled idea submitting option is not efficient. I think this is a really important feature but because of the inefficient registration does not get the votes it deserves (now its fragmented).

Not my text but I agree fully:
I think that Microsoft must spend more time on these basic, fundamentals of reporting / dashboarding. I worry that too often they spend more time chasing cool, "glitzy" functionality, at the expense of the core functionality that other products have
"

I have to agree as well. It's almost as if the Power BI developers are a bunch of Javascript programmers who know nothing of the decades of solid UX knowledge Microsoft has gained over 4 decades and are now relearning old lessons.

Also as far as looking for previously registered ideas is concerned, there doesn't seem to be a way to sort the search results by number of votes. Votes could be spread out over twenty duplicates and you end up wasting your vote on one copy that has zero votes instead of the duplicate with over 75 votes.