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Ruksuro
Helper III
8 years agoNumber Format
Hi Community, So this is really basic, but somehow I've not figured it out yet. I want to present a percentage difference with a +/- prefix while retaining the number functionality (sort by v...
- 8 years ago
Hi Greg_Deckler,
Unfortunately, a percentage value with a +/- prefix is not a supported numeric data type. Currently, you may have to set it to text field. Please submit a feature request at ideas page. Thanks for your feedback.
Regards,
Yuliana Gu
v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
8 years agoHi Greg_Deckler,
Unfortunately, a percentage value with a +/- prefix is not a supported numeric data type. Currently, you may have to set it to text field. Please submit a feature request at ideas page. Thanks for your feedback.
Regards,
Yuliana Gu
Ruksuro
Helper III
8 years agoThanks for your reply, I've added my vote to the idea here:
Anyone encountering this problem please go there and vote for it. MS are pretty good at listening to the PowerBI community.