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Conditional formatting (cell highligh, font, etc) when comparing multiple fields

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on 24 May 2017 19:48:36

PowerBI needs to have the ability to offer conditional formatting of based on the comparison of 2 or more metrics. For example if metric A = metric B then change the font and highlight color of the cell to red.
If metric A > metric B and metric A < metric C then change the font and highlight color of the cell to green.
This should be unlimited for how many colors can be used. Other BI tools offer this feature.
Note that this is different than what PowerBI currently calls ‘conditional formatting’

Administrator on 09 May 2018 05:39:06

As of our May release, you can now conditionally format a column by another field. Which means you can create a column that does your comparisons and then use that to format anything in your table or matrix. If you have other suggestions for conditional formatting options, make sure to vote on those as well! https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-may-2018-feature-summary/#conditionalFormatting

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 10 Jul 2020 17:21:57

RE: Conditional formatting (cell highligh, font, etc) when comparing multiple fields

another of nonsensical pitfalls of Power BI - how can this be not built in after 2 years? Microsoft should pay users to use Power BI, not the other way around. what a joke.

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3e780d86 1ebe-4f4f-b4dc-d36e6da44f7a on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:44

RE: Conditional formatting (cell highligh, font, etc) when comparing multiple fields

Can we please have this feature? Having to create a separate numeric field for each text field we want to format is very cumbersome. FYI Google Sheets and Excel support this out of the box (just apply conditional formatting rule such as "text contains"), so it's really puzzling why after nearly 3 years the Power BI team still hasn't delivered

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37490729 bbb2-4906-8e60-54cf9f95a960 on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:56

RE: Conditional formatting (cell highligh, font, etc) when comparing multiple fields

Please could we add the same functionality for conditional formatting that is possible with Excel as this would make displaying the data a lot easier on what needs to be highlighted or emphasis on certain patterns

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70035131 063b-4cb7-8eaf-e9fad5a88926 on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:45

RE: Conditional formatting (cell highligh, font, etc) when comparing multiple fields

this is really sad. how can PBI not allow conditional formatting for text but Excel does? shameful. truly pathetic lol.

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5431b5e0 d724-45ca-9bff-b43efbe335b4 on 05 Jul 2020 23:41:58

RE: Conditional formatting (cell highligh, font, etc) when comparing multiple fields

Please add icons in conditional formatting similar to excel
Also, kindly add the features of formatting such as that available in excel for tables such as borders, coloring, headers.

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0dee53ac 00b9-4c54-a316-aa5b89f78e58 on 05 Jul 2020 23:41:57

RE: Conditional formatting (cell highligh, font, etc) when comparing multiple fields

I am also looking for Conditional formatting on more than 1 fields.

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1c1f10df f272-42bd-a867-859c1f70c942 on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:56

RE: Conditional formatting (cell highligh, font, etc) when comparing multiple fields

I can't find this exact feature anymore. Has it been changed/removed recently?

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780ad1bb 655c-413d-880f-de9494d061f2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:53

RE: Conditional formatting (cell highligh, font, etc) when comparing multiple fields

We need formatting based upon text value of column as well.

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c87ebf3c 5f89-4115-a078-46dd50e85f20 on 05 Jul 2020 23:36:58

RE: Conditional formatting (cell highligh, font, etc) when comparing multiple fields

I can't find this feature anymore in the latest PowerBI release. Is it still available?

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05dc18f5 72e0-4e74-991f-884837d56c5e on 05 Jul 2020 23:34:57

RE: Conditional formatting (cell highligh, font, etc) when comparing multiple fields

Please don't mark this as complete as this does not answer the main issue!