# Conditional Formatting Exception reporting using data-driven rules to identify datapoints for focus. For instance, highlighting the low performing employees. Click on ‘Conditional Formatting’ option in the ‘Analyze’ section of the top ribbon:

You would see default rules applied based on metrics. You can delete those if you do not need it. Click on ‘Add New Rule’ and now we can configure a new rule:

* We can provide a name for the condition that will be shown in the legend * The condition can be set by rule (set of conditions) or color scale (range of values of a metric) * ‘Color Impacts on’ let’s you choose the UI element on which the color must be applied – Node Background color, Border color, Font color * And of course, select the color/color scheme for the same * Finally click on ‘Apply’ After applying the conditional formatting:

### Exclude Root Node in Multiple Category Column To exclude the root node from conditional formatting in a multi-category column, simply disable the "Exclude Total Root Node" toggle in the Conditional Formatting settings, as shown in the image below:

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