Dynamic Formatting for Thousands & Millions

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Hi all,&nbsp;I wonder if anyone can suggest a means of using the custom format capabilities of PowerBI to replicate what in Excel would look like this:&nbsp;[&gt;=1000000] #,##0.00,,"m";[&lt;1000000] #,##0.0,"k";General&nbsp;Essentially what I'm after is for when the number is in the millions for it to be formatted with two decimal places and have an 'm' appended to the number, when it's in the thousands, a single decimal place and a 'k' appended. I'm aware that I could create a measure using the SWITCH function to do this, but wonder if anyone has come up with a custom format that does the same thing?&nbsp;Thanks in advance,&nbsp;SamB

trevlc · Answer

I am looking for a solution to this too if anyone knows of one?Rather than writing it into a measure, I would like to do it using the dropdown option to select custom format like you do in Excel

abhinav2194 · Answer

In the above screenshot, you can see I have selected the measure - "Total Revenue".

Under the format Tab, the format Is General.

---- Switch the format to Currency.

---- Also adjust the decimal points to two places.

DONE.

Check the above screenshot. You can check the card which shows Monthly revenue and check the values as they add a "K" or "M" when required.

I

amitchandak · Answer

Referhttps://radacad.com/custom-format-fields-and-measures-in-power-bihttps://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Measures-editing-number-formats/td-p/240597&nbsp;&nbsp;Measure = FORMAT( sales[sales], $#,##0;($#,##0) )Appreciate your Kudos. In case, this is the solution you are looking for, mark it as the Solution. In case it does not help, please provide additional information and mark me with @ Thanks. My Recent Blog -https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/HR-Analytics-Active-Employee-Hire-and-Termination-trend/ba-p/882970https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Power-BI-Working-with-Non-Standard-Time-Periods/ba-p/881739 https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Comparing-Data-Across-Date-Ranges/ba-p/823601&nbsp;

anonymous · Answer

Hi,Thanks for the reply - I think maybe you misunderstood the question slightly: I'm looking to use custom formatting in the Model view to do this rather than in a measure. The ultimate goal being that I can do a quick, non-destructive change to a number's format rather than having to go a write a measure everytime (as per the SWITCH suggestion in my original post). The RADACAD article is useful, but only really for date formats.&nbsp;Custom format in Model view&nbsp;Thanks,&nbsp;SamB

danielg123 · Answer

Hi,&nbsp;I have also encountered the same issue and was wondering has anyone found a solution for this yet. Even when i set the&nbsp;[&gt;=1000000] #,##0.00,,"m";[&lt;1000000] #,##0.0,"k";Generalin excel and import into PowerBi, it will clear this.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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