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# Steps to enable Conditional Formatting

If you see the below message in the Conditional Formatting section, then please refer to the steps given below to enable Conditional Formatting: 

<figure><img src="/files/OJjWXgROUbjcTch1xWQG" alt=""><figcaption><p><em>Image 1: Conditional Formatting is disabled</em></p></figcaption></figure>

1. Navigate to Visualization Pane-> Display Measures data field:

<img src="/files/S6bVuYW2IM2dkXf3OC8V" alt="Image 2: Display Measure from the visualization pane" width="160">

2. Insert/Add a numeric value in the Display Measures data field:

<img src="/files/jTuDUhWvye7gwmfHmA3k" alt="Image 3: Adding a column in the Display Measure data field" width="137">

3. Navigate to Format Pane-> Display Measures:

<img src="/files/WJnA1185FIxqBB5d3nrn" alt="Image 4: Display Measure from Format pane" width="136">

4. If you do not wish to see the measure value in the data grid, then disable the toggle option of the value added:

<img src="/files/XUiJXUtMjdYnzk4XNwTl" alt="Image 5: Turning off Display Measure from the Format pane" width="140">

5. Navigate to Advanced Editor (yellow pencil icon) and click on it:

<figure><img src="/files/oXdK7F7X0S08LnytgrrH" alt="" width="563"><figcaption><p><em>Image 6: Advanced Editor icon</em></p></figcaption></figure>

6. Click on the Conditional Formatting tab and now you can add new rules based on your preferences:

<figure><img src="/files/fEtD64q01RIHZ9JDcRii" alt=""><figcaption><p><em>Image 7: Conditional Formatting tab from Advanced Editor</em></p></figcaption></figure>

7. Click on Add a new rule and you can see as shown below:

<img src="/files/3a8EQqxoRtVbZUJCygvl" alt="Image 8: Configuring rules in the Conditional Formatting tab from Advanced Editor" width="279">