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IF
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6 years ago
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negative value in bracket

Hi, I have a column that is called "project". its format is decimal number. I want to show negative values with brackets. I tried to make a measure (Measure=FORMAT([Project];"##,###;(##,###);-") Th...
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  • Tahreem24's avatar
    Tahreem24
    6 years ago

    IF ,

    What is [Project] exactly? Is it Measure or just a fields or Calculated column?

    If it is field from table so try to use aggreagation like SUM,MAX etc.

     

  • Tahreem24's avatar
    Tahreem24
    6 years ago

    IF ,

    Use the below DAX:

    MEASURE = IF(SUM(Sheet6[Value])<0,"("& SUM(Sheet6[Value])&")", SUM(Sheet6[Value]))
     
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Anonymous
Not applicable
6 years ago

IF 

 

So you have to turn your column PROJECT into a measure. There are too many values, so you need to use MAX/MIN/SUM/etc. to tell the measure what specific value to turn into that format.

 

You will need two measures, for example:

 

Measure1 = MAX(Table[Project])

 

Measure2 = FORMAT( [Measure1], "###,###; (###,###); -")

 

(make sure to use more # if your numbers go into the millions i.e. "#,###,###; (#,###,###); -"

  • IF's avatar
    IF
    Post Prodigy
    6 years ago

    Hi,

    Thanks it works,  but the total gives wrong sum. How can I display correct sum?

     

    Best regards,