Scorecard - conditional formatting not seeing Bex defined exceptions

[#1]

I can't find any answered question or blog that actually explain in simple terms how to set up conditional formatting in the scorecard. I have been struggling for hours with, what seems to me, a pretty simple conditional formatting based on one exception set up in a Bex query. I have read all blog entries by Karol Kalisz so I know that in order to use exceptions, they need to be defined in at BW query level.

So, my Bex query definition has Debt value measure and a simple exception Bad 1 for Debt values > 2000. I want to highlight those values in my scorecard and/or add a relevant icon.

I display Debt values in the rows of my Scorecard:

Now, where do I set up my exceptions?

From what I have read in blogs and other questions I should be able to see drop downs in the Conditional Values? It says, 1 of 9 conditions defined, but I am not seeing any. Or, perhaps, I should see a dropdown of my conditions in the Icon's area? But it's all empty. I can't find my Debt > 2000 exception anywhere? How do I use it?

[Former Member]

I think I am getting closer to solving this mystery. I have added another exception into my Bex query, so I have three in total now. What I can see in the dropdown now is this:

If you look closely, there are three empty lines there, as in three exceptions! There used to be two empty lines (when I only had two exceptions). So Design Studio is "seeing" my exceptions, but not really seeing them 😄 Another bug, I guess...

I have "selected" the second empty line which is the exception that I want and applied formatting, but still nothing is happening:

[TammyPowlas]

I think you also need to include the icons which was a question from your other thread.

[Former Member]

I have tried this on both Icons and Font Color, as the logic is the same, and it doesn't work in either case:

Nothing happens. I think DS can see that the exceptions exist but can't read their definitions, and, therefore, can't apply the formatting. I'm adding this to the list of bugs 🙂

[Former Member]

Hi Agata,

I am facing the exact same issue. The dropdown for 'Conditional Format' is empty eventhough there is exception set in the bex query.

Any update on this ?

Thanks & Regards,

Kesavan.