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jaouad
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Add units

Hi,

 

I would like to add "tons" unit in the column quantity.

 

Thanks for you support.

 

Regards,

 

Jaouad

ton

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Dear Victor,

 

Thank you for your help !!

 

Regards,

 

Jaouad

 

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gmckinnon
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This is a old post, but I have found a solution that works for me. 

If you go to the "Model" tab and click the measure you can add a custom text field like "tons" as below.

tons.PNG

 

Then use this measure will now show the unit of measument. 

 

tons measure.PNG

 

BhaveshPatel
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Can you please elaborate it further. Your question does not make any sense.

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Bhavesh

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Dear Bhavesh,

 

In the dashboard, I would like to add units like "tons".

 

Please check the picture below :

 

ton.jpg

 

 

Thanks for your support,

 

Jaouad

For this, You need to convert your net weights to tons using DIVIDE function. There is no auto settings for this.

 

To do this,

 Create below Measure,

 

Tons:=DIVIDE(Sum(Table1[NET WEIGHT]), 0.00110231,2)

 

This will give you the expected results.

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

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Sorry, the values are already in tons. No calculation needed.

 

I want to add "tons" like "$" after or before the values.

 

For example : 1 000 tons, 1 000 $, 1 000 €...

 

I don't know where we can personalize the values in the dashboard.

 

Thanks & regards,

 

Jaouad

Vvelarde
Community Champion
Community Champion

@jaouad

 

Add in your measure the Word "Tons"

 

Like this:

 

ValueTons = CALCULATE(SUM(Table2[Value]) & " Tons")

 

Replace the table and columns accord to your data.




Lima - Peru

This doesn't work for us. If we add the  & "Tons" - Part the chart is empty

Dear Victor,

 

Thank you for your help !!

 

Regards,

 

Jaouad

 

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