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Anonymous
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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
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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:

Annotation 2020-06-26 111314.png

 

Best Regards,
Kelly
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Anonymous
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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:

Annotation 2020-06-26 111314.png

 

Best Regards,
Kelly
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parry2k
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@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
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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.

@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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