Insert Decimal

[ThisIsIt]

Good morning! I have a whole number column, and I'd like to insert a decimal after the second digit. How would I go about doing this? Example below. Currently the number is: 12345678 I'd like the number to be: 12.345678 Also something the number is 0. If 0 i just want it to stay 0 (if possible). Thank you!

[FrankAT]

Hi @ThisIsIt 

if the length of the whole number differs you can do it with Power Query like this:

// Table
let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjQyNjE1M7dQio0FAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Value = _t]),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each Text.Start([Value],2) & "." & Text.End([Value],Text.Length([Value])-2)),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Added Custom",{{"Custom", type number}})
in
    #"Changed Type"

or you can do it with DAX:

Decimal Number = 
CONVERT (
    LEFT ( CONVERT ( 'Table (2)'[Value], STRING ), 2 ) & "."
        & RIGHT (
            CONVERT ( 'Table (2)'[Value], STRING ),
            LEN ( CONVERT ( 'Table (2)'[Value], STRING ) ) - 2
        ),
    DOUBLE
)

A shorter version of the above DAX formula is:

Decimal Number = 
CONVERT (
    LEFT ( 'Table (2)'[Value], 2 ) & "."
        & RIGHT (
            'Table (2)'[Value],
            LEN ('Table (2)'[Value] ) - 2
        ),
    DOUBLE
)

Regards FrankAT

[ThisIsIt]

Thank you all for you quick replies and suggestions.  They all work for me.  Really appreicate it!

[Greg_Deckler · Accepted solution]

@ThisIsIt - Perhaps:

DAX Column = IF([Column] = 0,0,[Column]/1000000)

Power Query Column = if [Column] = 0 then 0 else [Column]/1000000

[amitchandak]

@ThisIsIt ,

create a number like [column]/1000000 , change data type to decimal with 6 decimal place

12345678/1000000