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Anonymous
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6 years ago
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Convert values into whole numbers and decimal based on case

Hi,

 

I have a two columns within the dataset.

One is Attribute and second value

 

Attribute  Value

Volume   0

Volume   5

Speed     0.05

Speed     2.93

 

Above is how the data is coming. But when I pull it in a table Volume becomes 0.00 and 5.00

Apparently I want to see whole number when the attribute is volume and decimals when the attribute is speed.

But it shows 0.00 for volume instead of 0 .

 

Tried a case statement with ROUND for one and not otherwise but its not working.

 

Any suggestions?

 

 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Create a column using below dax expression:

     

    Column = IF('Table'[Attribute] ="Volume",FORMAT('Table'[  Value],"general number"),IF('Table'[Attribute] ="Speed",FORMAT('Table'[  Value],"fixed"),BLANK()))

     

     And you will see:

     

    Best Regards,
    Kelly
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  • parry2k's avatar
    parry2k
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    6 years ago

    Anonymous you can change the data type to whole number, select column and there will be column tools option in the menu, and change the type to whole number.

     

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    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      6 years ago

      Thank you for your reply. That will not work in my case because I do not want speed in whole number. Speed should be decimal and volume should be whole even though they are both coming from the same column.

      • parry2k's avatar
        parry2k
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        6 years ago

        Anonymous you cannot have different formats for the same column and until you create a column or measure and do conditional formatting and that will your value to the text.

         

        something like this but the new column will be a text column

        New Column = 
SWITCH ( TRUE(),
Table[Column] IN { "Weight", "Speed" } , FORMAT( Table[Value], "####0.00" ),
Table[Column] IN { "Heigh"} , FORMAT( Table[Value], "####0" )
)

        , 

        One other way is to use calculation groups but it is a bit complex but can surely used and you can create a calculation group outside the power bi file using Tabular Editor and it is not officially supported though.

         

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Create a column using below dax expression:

     

    Column = IF('Table'[Attribute] ="Volume",FORMAT('Table'[  Value],"general number"),IF('Table'[Attribute] ="Speed",FORMAT('Table'[  Value],"fixed"),BLANK()))

     

     And you will see:

     

    Best Regards,
    Kelly
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