Feature Request: Text Value Support in Color and Gauge Agents
Color agents and gauge agents in Targit currently evaluate numeric measures to apply conditional formatting. Text-based values are not supported as a condition input, which means string outputs cannot be formatted conditionally.
The problem
When a measure or calculated field returns a text value — such as a status label or category word — there is no way to apply color or gauge formatting based on that string. The formatting options simply aren't available for text results.
Use case
A common pattern is to use a calculated field to output a human-readable status: "Good," "Caution," or "Bad." These labels are meaningful on their own, but it would be far more effective to pair the word with a corresponding color — green for Good, yellow for Caution, red for Bad — without needing a separate hidden numeric field just to drive the formatting.
Requested behavior
Color agents and gauge agents should support text-based conditions alongside existing numeric ones — for example: if value equals "Good," apply green; if value equals "Caution," apply yellow. Matching should support at minimum equals and contains operators.
This would allow text outputs to be self-contained — the label and its formatting derived from the same field — and would significantly reduce the workarounds currently needed to conditionally style status-driven content.
Comments
Agree! We need that function too :-)
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