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Hi
Is it possible to add thousand separators (as period, not comma) when loading in data from a db, that is in the SQL statement?
I have tried different things such as the FORMAT() SQL funtion, but it doesn't seem to work in Power BI.
Thanks
Hi @Christianvs ,
You can change the thousand separator in Power BI while displaying in the report by changing regional settings / locale. There are many similar posts here in the community. Skim through the community and you will get lot of questions posted on this with solutions
Giving link for one such post here.
How to change thousand and decimal separator - Microsoft Power BI Community
Thanks for the answer @Thejeswar.
My problem is that i afterwards (within the SQL statement) add letters and parantheses to the value so I have to keep the format in chars.
So atm. I have:
1049 kr. (5)
and I need the following:
1.049 kr. (5)
I managed to do it by adding several steps in Power Query, but I was hoping that it was possible to do within a single SQL statement
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