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Anonymous
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rounding decimals

i have a dax formula that calculate a cost per unit(spending divided by quantity). but when filter is applied for certain category such as , if category for food or beverages is selected, the cost per unit calculated by the dax formula should be showing 4 decimals place, if other category is selected it should show 2 decimals places. how should the DAX formula be written?

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AlB
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Hi @Anonymous 

You might have to use calculation groups for this:

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/controlling-format-strings-in-calculation-groups/

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

Please have a try.

Create a measure.

Measure = var price_each=DIVIDE(SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[spend]),SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[quantity]))
var result= IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[category])in {"food","drink"},FORMAT(price_each,"0.0000"),FORMAT(price_each,"0.00"))
return result

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AlB
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Hi @Anonymous 

You might have to use calculation groups for this:

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/controlling-format-strings-in-calculation-groups/

 

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Please accept the solution when done and consider giving a thumbs up if posts are helpful. 

Contact me privately for support with any larger-scale BI needs, tutoring, etc.

 

amitchandak
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@Anonymous , Actually Might have to use format, but that might make it text

 

if(max(table[Category] in {"food","beverages"}, Format([Measure], #,###.0000) , Format([Measure], #,###.00)  )

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