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zraopingm
Helper IV
1 year ago
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format zero and blanks with dash

Hello  Is there a way to format zeros and blanks with dash?    thank you  Zoey  
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    kpost
    1 year ago

    I think this part of your solution will cause an error when you try to compare a number to text using the "equals" comparison?  IE one or the other of these could cause an error 

    _Calculation = 0, "-",
_Calculation = "","-",

     

    Therefore I think it is simpler to just use coalesce to resolve blanks to zeros.  I also eliminated the "empty string" option entirely because it was not mentioned by zraopingm .

     

    Measure_Name = 

    VAR _Calculation  = COALESCE([Calculation], 0)
    RETURN
    IF(_Calculation = 0, "-", _Calculation)


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ExcelMonke
Impactful Individual
1 year ago

Glad to have been able to help zraopingm. I would try kpost's solution first before moving onto mine - I think it is the better one. 

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zraopingm
Helper IV
1 year ago

Hello, 

I tried both, COALESCE works perfect( see below), and yes, switch gave me the calssic error. 

 

thank you

Zoey