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Option to FORMAT () values as numbers (not strings)

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Clara on 06 Nov 2018 20:57:37

The FORMAT () function should be extremely flexible for conditionally formatting measures based on slicers and so on. But right now not even chart visuals agree with it. Please fix it? Pretty please?

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John Dennis Abello on 04 Aug 2020 15:21:48

RE: Option to FORMAT () values as numbers (not strings)

Please add this feature. We need it ASAP. Thanks!

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Joseph Horvath on 24 Jul 2020 03:04:23

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This would be a very helpful feature.

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ewok on 06 Jul 2020 00:18:16

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Have created visuals that allow user to dynamically choose measures to display but need to way to dynamically format the numbers, since some are percentage, decimal, integers, etc.

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:24

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Please add it, we need it asap

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:02

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I need this to plot a measure trend using the switch functionality to switch between unit types (%, currency, whole number etc). It seems to work ok for tooltips but not plotting on a chart

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Rich on 06 Jul 2020 00:15:53

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Would really love this as a feature. Without this, the use of dynamic metrics is limited.

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:49

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By when we can expect this functionality?

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Mario Soto on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:34

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Plase add this function!

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Jonathan Hu on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:52

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Can't believe this isn't supported already! I want to use a dynamic measure that switches between Sales and Units (using FORMAT to convert between "$#,##0" and "#,##0.00"). The measure works beautifully, but I lose the ability to sort the table because it is now recognized as text!

Such a basic feature that is desperately needed. Please fix!

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MomX on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:50

RE: Option to FORMAT () values as numbers (not strings)

Yes, in addition, in Excel, negative number like -12345 can be formatted as a bracketed number (not text) as " (12,345). After formatting negative as bracketed number, it right align with positive numbers as Excel gives a space on far right of positive number to match the closing bracket of negative number. Thanks PBI team for great work but pls PBI team help to achieve this same formatting capability as this is a basic need of any table/matrix visual otherwise it is useless.