color banding on multiple rows (using rank() ?)

[Anonymous]

This seems like this should be easy but I cannot get this to work.  I want to alternate colors for rows of a table but the rows will be in groups of variable size.  I thought that I could use the rank function to denote the groups and then flag the rank as even or odd to control the color banding, but this is not working for me for some reason.  Here is some sample data:

Load * Inline [

Pt, Date, Product, Order

123, 1/1/2017, Apples, Order1

123, 1/1/2017, Pears, Order1

123, 1/1/2017, Oranges, Order2

123, 2/1/2017, Apples, Order3

123, 2/1/2017, Oranges, Order4

123, 2/1/2017, Bananas, Order5

123, 3/3/2017, Bananas, Order6

123, 3/3/2017, Pears, Order7

123, 3/3/2017, Apples, Order8

];

Here is what I am getting, The column Pt is first in the sort order...I know the rank function depends on sort order.

What I am after is this...

Thanks in advance for any help.  Feel free to suggest an easier way to do this.

[shraddha_g]

Try,

if(mod(num#(Date(Date,'D')),2) = 0,red(),green())

[Anonymous]

Its an interesting solution, but in the example data I provided the 'D' for each date is an odd number so this formula colors the entire chart green. 

[shraddha_g]

PFA .

Used Expression is: if(mod(num#(Date(Date#(Date,'D/M/YYYY'),'D')),2)=0,White(),green())

[mdmukramali]

Hi,

Can you try Something like this.

=if(Even(Day(Date))=0,Red(),Green())

[mdmukramali]

Hi,

PFA.

[Anonymous]

All of these solutions depend on the assumption that the dates are consecutive in some way, either consecutive days or months, etc.  This assumption is not a good one for my data.  If I change the sample data to this:

Load * Inline [

Pt, Date, Product, Order

123, 1/1/2017, Apples, Order1

123, 1/1/2017, Pears, Order1

123, 1/1/2017, Oranges, Order2

123, 2/1/2017, Apples, Order3

123, 2/1/2017, Oranges, Order4

123, 2/1/2017, Bananas, Order5

123, 4/3/2017, Bananas, Order6

123, 4/3/2017, Pears, Order7

123, 4/3/2017, Apples, Order8

];

This solution does not produce the desired results.

[antoniotiman]

May be like this

If(Even(RowNo(TOTAL)),Red(),Green())

[Anonymous]

Produces this result....not what I am after.

[antoniotiman]

I apologize, my misunderstanding.

Try this :

In Script

Load *,AutoNumber(Pt&Date) as Flag

and condition like this

If(Even(Flag),Red(),Green())