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I am using a stacked column chart which shows the series in reverse order. Meaning series 1 is the first color awarded etc. The series is numbered 1-9 and are sorted in the same order. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t seem to provide a graphical overview of the colors included, so here are some samples to give you an idea of the color schemes. BrightPastel (the default if set to “None”).The 12 different palettes available can be found here If Palette is used, it will take precedence over your custom color palette.If Palette is “None” and there are no custom colors, then the Palette “BrightPastel” is used.The custom palette that CRM adds to charts have 12 colors (Dynamics 365 has 24).They contain 16 colors – if you have more than 16 series in a chart, the colors start repeating after 16.Before we start changing things, there a couple of things that are good to know about Palettes Then replace the “None” with one of the available Palette names. To apply a Palette, delete the PaletteCustomColors property and color codes. A quick search for “Palette” in your favorite xml editor (mine is Notepad++) will help you find it.
The Palette settings can be found right in the beginning of the presentationdescription.
So when you have dashboards with charts displaying data from different entities or different types of data, it can be difficult for the user to tell the information apart when everything is red, green and blue.įortunately, it is fairly easy to export the charts XML file and modify it to display different color schemes, or Palettes as they are called. However, it is the same custom palette that is being used throughout all your charts. When creating charts in Dynamics CRM/365, CRM creates a custom palette. Update 4-6-2017: Post updated and applies to all versions of Dynamics CRM from CRM 2011 to Dynamics 365