Formatting
The Card dashboard item formats the actual and target values displayed within cards using format settings specified for data items. Click the options buttons (the 
icon) displayed next to the data item container in the Cards section to change format settings for other values.
In the invoked Card Settings dialog, go to the Format Options tab and use the Select value type option to specify which values’ format settings should change.
You can change format settings for the following value types:
Actual Value
Target Value
Absolute Variation
Percent of Target
Percent Variation
To learn more about format settings, see Formatting Numeric Values in the Formatting Data topic.
Conditional Formatting
For a Card dashboard item, you can apply conditional formatting to the card's visual elements (e.g., Title, Subtitle, various values) and change the card's background.
Supported Format Rules
You can use measure or dimension values to calculate a format rule. You can also use delta values to calculate a Card dashboard item's format rules.
The following list contains available format rules and corresponding data types:
numeric
Value
Top-Bottom
Average
Expression
Icon Ranges
Color Ranges
Gradient Ranges
Value (with a condition type set to Equal To, Not Equal To or Text that Contains) Expression
date-time
Value
A Date Occurring (for dimensions with a continuous date-time group interval) Expression
Icon Ranges
Color Ranges
Gradient Ranges
Create a Format Rule
You can create format rules in the following ways:
The invoked dialog contains the calculated by combo box, where you can select the item whose values are used to calculate the format rule.
To apply a format rule to a specific card, use delta values to calculate the rule. The expression format condition is an exception to this rule and applies to all cards.
To apply a format rule to all cards in a Card item, use hidden measures and series dimensions to calculate the rule.
For a Card item, the Edit Rules dialog has a using combo box. If you use a delta calculation, specify the delta type in this box. Click the Add button, select the format rule from the pop-up menu, and specify the rule's condition:
click the series dimension/hidden measure menu button.
Refer to the following topic for information on how to create and edit format rules: Conditional Formatting Common.
Card-Specific Format Condition Settings
Specify appearance settings and set the condition's value for the format rule. Available settings depend on the selected format rule.
The appearance settings dialog contains the Apply to drop-down list. Select a layout element to which you want to apply a format rule. Select All elements to apply the format rule to all card elements.
The image below displays the Greater Than dialog that corresponds to the Value format condition.
The background color applies to the entire card. Note that the Apply to drop-down list is not in effect.
Some predefined background styles contain a font color. This font color applies to all card elements regardless of drop-down list settings (for any card layout element).
Edit a Format Rule
To edit format rules for the current Card dashboard item, use the following options.
Click the Edit Rules button in the Home ribbon tab or use a corresponding item in the Card context menu. Click the menu button for the required data item and select Edit Rules.
All of these actions invoke the Edit Rules dialog that contains existing format rules. For more information, see Conditional Formatting.