Highlighting conditionally formatted data with color

Conditional formatting allows you to see the distribution of your data and highlight exceptional data points by using color in your table or crosstab visualizations. For example, you might want to highlight low sales numbers in red, or use green to highlight sales numbers over a certain threshold.

Procedure

  1. Open a table or crosstab visualization.
    Open the visualization icon
  2. Drag the measure that you want to highlight to the Color data slot.
  3. Close the visualization.
    Close the visualization icon
  4. To edit the conditional formatting, tap the visualization, then tap Edit conditional formatting color.

    Use the sliders at the bottom of the visualization.

    • You can add a handle to add another color category. You can display up to five color categories on your slider. To add a handle, tap the canvas under the slider close to where you want the new handle to appear.
    • You can manually expand the range of values on the slider. Tap the first or last handle End handle for slider icon on the slider and drag it outside the current range. The values on the slider will increase.
    • You can remove a handle Handle for slider icon from the slider. To do so, right-click the handle and tap the Delete icon.
      Delete icon
  5. To use a different color palette, or to change the order of the colors on the palette, select the visualization, tap the Properties icon and then tap the Details tab.
    Properties icon