Power Table Color

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redo all tabs(indents), indents often gets broken when copying.
python needs indents after if:

22

I think this would work for your original question:
same result as @victordcq but more verbose

# initialize an empty dictionary for rows that will not have a background color change
formatDictionary = {'background': 'white'}

# only look at Batch Element ID
if colName == 'Batch Element ID':
	# get data from Batch Element ID and corresponding Duration
	batchElement = self.data.getValueAt( rowIndex, 'Batch Element ID' )
	duration = self.data.getValueAt( rowIndex, 'Duration' )
	
	# determine if the row should be red
	if (batchElement == 'WtrFill1' and duration > 50) or (batchElement == 'AggFill1' and duration > 22)
		formatDictionary = {'background': 'red'}

return formatDictionary
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i advice to put brackets around ‘and’ aswell.

My code worked for the test data he provided. The indent error is just a typo thing for sure.
You answer is a bit more elegant i guess^^ but judging from the number of colmuns in the table, i would use elif isntead of ‘or’… else that will become a long line of code

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Another approach, using a second dataset to hold the setpoints for ease of future maintenance:

	cell = {'background': self.background}
	batchID = self.data.getValueAt(rowIndex, 'Batch Element ID')
	setpointID = self.Setpoints.binarySearch(0, batchID)
	if setpointID != -1:
		duration = self.data.getValueAt(rowIndex, 'Duration')
		setpoint = self.Setpoints.getValueAt(setpointID, 1)
		if duration > setpoint:
			cell["background"] = system.gui.color(255,0, 0)
	
	return cell

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25

Thank you that worked

26

How do you set up the 2nd dataset. I have never done that.

27

Easiest way: Right click the component and select Customizers → Custom Properties. Make a property called ‘Setpoints’ with type Dataset to match my example above. You’ll have to remove the default value column and define your own columns BatchId and SetPoint, using appropriate data types.

Once it’s defined, you’ll see your custom property in the property editor just like the standard properties:
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28

Thank you Sir

29

I did that and it works but only the WtrFill1 changes color the AggFill1 doesn’t