Reference labels on New Card Visual autoformat numbers (column type: Text) - no way to change it?!

[phelms2]

I have a New Card Visual where I need to provide a year for reference. Since some of the years are with text (i.e. FY2025), the column has "Text" as datatype.

Now, when I insert the year in a reference label, it autoformats to "2K" with no way to change it, since the column type is "Text". How do I get the whole number instead of the abbreviation?

[amitchandak]

@phelms2 , Based on what I got.  Once you select a series after adding label, you should be able to change format under values

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[phelms2]

@amitchandak 

Actually, the issue is that the column format is "Text" - so I cannot change the format by default. 

My "solution" was to change the column format in Power Query from "Text" to "Whole Number", load the data (with errors) into Power BI, change the format number on the reference label from "Auto" to "None" -> then go back to Power Query and delete the last format change and reload data into Power BI.

That solved my issue, but if the model is not in import mode, I could not do this hack. How do we get the developers attention towards this?

[v-mdharahman]

Hi @phelms2,

Glad to know you were able to solve your issue. Also if you want to raise any points or issue towards developers I suggest Ideas forum. Here you can raise an idea or upvote for a pending idea. Go through the below link for Ideas Forum.
Ideas Forum 

Best Regards,

Hammad.

[v-mdharahman]

Hi @phelms2,

As we haven’t heard back from you, so just following up to our previous message. As the issue has been resolved, you are welcome to share your workaround and mark it as a solution so that other users can benefit as well. If you find a reply particularly helpful to you, you can also mark it as a solution.
If you still have any questions or need more support, please feel free to let us know. We are more than happy to continue to help you.
Thank you for your patience and look forward to hearing from you.

[v-mdharahman]

Hi @phelms2,

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