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Anonymous
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Format string thousands Value issue

Hello,

I work with a tabular model and i create a new measure with the format string as bellow : 

#,##0,.00 K

 

When create a matrix in power bi and i display the measure i have :

4,456,180.13 K  (which I expect)

But when i change the value decimal places to 0 on the property of visual 

MR_Robot92_0-1646838891179.png

 

the measure value change to : 4,456,180,133  K (which I do not expect, I hoped for 4,456,180 k)

 

Is there a solution to this? or is this a bug?

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

After using Format, the data type becomes a text type.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/format-function-dax

You can modify dax to the following form:

Measure = FORMAT(MAX('Table'[amount]),"#,##0,K")

vyangliumsft_0-1647227254828.png

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

After using Format, the data type becomes a text type.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/format-function-dax

You can modify dax to the following form:

Measure = FORMAT(MAX('Table'[amount]),"#,##0,K")

vyangliumsft_0-1647227254828.png

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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