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Trudgeon
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Format a negative number in parenthesis (without a currency symbol)?

We are a global, multi-currency company.  We would like to give users the ability to switch between locations with a slicer (different location, different currency).  Since dynamic currency formatting is not supported in Power BI...

 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Dynamically-changing-the-currency-symbol-DAX/m-p/137579/hig...

 

...can I at least format a negative number in parenthesis without a currency symbol?  This is doable in Excel by simply formatting the number with a comma.  Seems strange that the functionality isn't the same in Power BI.

 

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parry2k
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parry2k
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@Trudgeon hope this post is helpful



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Thank you!  The suggestion by @mahantesh1988 solved my issue.

 

= Format(SUM(GENERAL_LEDGER_BALANCES[MTD_BALANCE]),"#,##;(#,##)") 

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