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Anonymous
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Number Sorting and Formatting

Hi, 

 

Does anyone know how to show a measure number that is abbreviated but still be able to sort in a table based on the number? 

I trying to do this in the Abbreviated Amount column. 

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v-chenwuz-msft
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Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

No, it no possible to do that. Formatted numbers are text, sorted alphabetically only.

 

However, you can create a calculated table and sort the abbreviated account column by  account column.

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Or You can submit your idea to the Power BI Ideas.

 

 

Best Regards

Community Support Team _ chenwu zhu

 

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Fowmy
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@Anonymous 

You should be able to do it with Calculation Group and Format String Measure in Tabular Editor 

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Anonymous
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can you provide more detail about how you can do this? I didnt think Tabular Editor allowed for dynamic formatting (K, M, B etc). 

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