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swolfe2
Helper I
1 year ago
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Dynamic Measure Formatting Negative Values with Parentheses Instead of (-)

I am attempting to do some dynamic measure formatting on a DAX measure. However, I'm having difficulty getting negative values to display with parentheses instead of the negative symbol. For examp...
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  • OwenAuger's avatar
    OwenAuger
    1 year ago

    Hi swolfe2 

    I would recommend this:

    VAR CurrentValue = SELECTEDMEASURE()
VAR AbsValue = ABS ( CurrentValue )
RETURN
    IF (
        AbsValue >= 1000000,
        "$#,0,,. M;($#,0,,.) M",
        "$#,##0;($#,##0)"
    )

    This makes use of the "<positive format>;<negative format>" structure.

     

    Does this work for you?

OwenAuger's avatar
OwenAuger
Super User
1 year ago

Hi swolfe2 

I would recommend this:

VAR CurrentValue = SELECTEDMEASURE()
VAR AbsValue = ABS ( CurrentValue )
RETURN
    IF (
        AbsValue >= 1000000,
        "$#,0,,. M;($#,0,,.) M",
        "$#,##0;($#,##0)"
    )

This makes use of the "<positive format>;<negative format>" structure.

 

Does this work for you?

  • swolfe2's avatar
    swolfe2
    Helper I
    1 year ago

    Worked perfectly, and is an elegant solution. Thanks so much!