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Multiple Number Format in the Same Column
Hello,
I am having difficulty having multiple number formats in the same column. I had it in the same column for drilling down and filtering purposes from different entities. For example, here is my data. I wanted occupancy rate, % margin to show in percentage whereas rental rate and margin to be in numerical form with one decimal place. Is there any way I could achieve this?
Metric Amount
Occupancy 0.8
Rental Rate 60.1
Margin 20.6
% Margin 0.2
Thanks in advance!
You can create a measure with multiple format.
Measure = SWITCH(MAX('Table'[Metric]), "Occupancy",FORMAT(SUM('Table'[Amount]),"Percent"), "% Margin", FORMAT(SUM('Table'[Amount]),"Percent"), SUM('Table'[Amount]))
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You can create a measure with multiple format.
Measure = SWITCH(MAX('Table'[Metric]), "Occupancy",FORMAT(SUM('Table'[Amount]),"Percent"), "% Margin", FORMAT(SUM('Table'[Amount]),"Percent"), SUM('Table'[Amount]))
Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.This is exactly what I needed and it's a simple solution. Thanks!!
ehartanto Tough one. If it is OK to convert to text, you can use FORMAT to achieve this.
apology if i hijacked this thread. I've managed to do this and happy to share my one. $,%, and many others. got one dynamic columns that dynamically took place for my more than 15 measures.
the one that i can't get around is the Style Icon. like for:
sales - use bar icons
percentage - use arrows growth icons.
and many more.. totally stucked with this :)... any tip? if i have to create my own external.. what research i need?
ehartanto , In that case, you have to return the number from a column in the given format. It might become a text column use format function. refer various format here -https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-custom-format-strings
A few days back I have seen a video from Guyincube where they used external tools for formatting for measure slicer. Not sure that can work for you.
