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Anonymous
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Format with "." as thousand separator and "," for decimals

Hi,

 

I'm living in Denmark wher we use "." as thousand separator. When i use

 

format(MEASURE, "#,##0")
 
i get a thousand separator with ",". 
 
How can i convert this to "."?
 
Best regards
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Anonymous
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HI @Anonymous,

You can try to use custom formatting string on your formula to modify the displayed format:

Use custom format strings in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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ribisht17
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Hi @Anonymous 

 

Refer > https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Thousand-Separator-and-Decimal-Separator/m-p/194928

 

The display of numeric felds (and dates, times etecetera) depends on your Regional Settings.

 

It can be adjusted in Power BI Desktop or in Windows (Land/Region). It looks like the Windows setting is leading, but you have to close and reopen your pbix file after adjusting the Regional Settings.

 

ribisht17_0-1704361336459.png

 

 

In Power BI you can also adjust your language settings to influence the display format for published reports.

 

Regards,

Ritesh

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Anonymous
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Thanks for the reply. 

I already have my settings in danish. The problem occurs because I have made a measure which returns a string.:

Kioskkunder faktisk og budget =
var faktisk = [Kioskkunder]/1000
var budget = [Kioskkunder budget] /1000
return
format(faktisk, "#,##0") & " | " & format(budget,  "#,##0")

How do i, in the format function, alter to the correct format? 
Anonymous
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HI @Anonymous,

You can try to use custom formatting string on your formula to modify the displayed format:

Use custom format strings in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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