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Let's say I have a measure
Measure = 123456789
In a table visual, with only that measure, If I use custom format string of:
#,0 I get 123,456,789 (which I expect)
#,0, I get 123,457 (which I expect)
#,0,k or #,0,\k or #,0,"k" I get 123,456,789k (which I do not expect, I hoped for 123,457k)
Is there a solution to this? or is this a bug?
Solved! Go to Solution.
HI @DingbatData,
It seem like a custom formatting string issue that I already reported, you can take a look at the following link if it is similar to your scenario.
Possible bug with chart y axis custom number formatting
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Hi Shen @Anonymous , Thanks for raising the bug, yes seems to be the same issue. I was acutally able to solve my particular issue by putting the comma last i.e #,0k, I cannot solve the issue by Ben Norris (OP in the link you gave) using this work around as having a decimal stops this work around from working.
Comma after K!!! Lifesaver! Thanks
This worked! Thank you! This is my custom format with the comma after the "K" like you said and it worked successfully:
$#,##0"K",;($#,##0"K",);$0"K"
@DingbatData , refer this how to get various format
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-custom-format-strings
Yes I have read it, not really helpful for this situation. Actually the format strings work as expected in the DAX function FORMAT, however I was hoping to not format numbers as a string.
The situation I gave in the original post was simplified, the actual format string I want to use is
#,0,;(#,0,);-
but same problem applies (in this case, the last bracket in the negative scenario stop the number being in thousands)
Frankly, I think this is a bug.
HI @DingbatData,
It seem like a custom formatting string issue that I already reported, you can take a look at the following link if it is similar to your scenario.
Possible bug with chart y axis custom number formatting
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
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