thousands separator in pdf report export

[Jdrien]

Hello,
I'm French, so we don't have thousands separators.
i have a report on powerBI, everything is set corecly in the report,
numbers are like 124 325 450,20
no thousands separator and coma for decimal separator.
i use an azur api to export one page to a pdf, but all my numbers are now like this:
124,325,450.20
can someone help me with this?

[Anonymous]

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[Jdrien]

HI !
Thx for your response, i tried and managed to fix this using divyed DAX solution, my numbers are now texts with the right format.

[divyed · Accepted solution]

Hello @Jdrien ,

There can be many reasons . You can try some options :

1. Check Power BI Report Regional Settings under File > Options and settings > Options > Current file > Regional Settings

Set the Model Language and Locale for Import to your preferred region (e.g., English if you want a space as a thousands separator and a period for decimals)

2. Try formatting numbers using DAX by using below dax

   Formatted Number = FORMAT([YourMeasure], "# ### ###.##")

Also don't forget to check Azure api settings, it could be applying different locale during export.

I hope this helps. 

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[Anonymous]

Hi, @Jdrien 

You can try to complete the region setting in Power query:

You can check out this discussion:

Incorrect locale (regional number formating) when ... - Microsoft Fabric Community

The official documentation mentions that the effect of exporting to PDF is not guaranteed:

Based on the above, I think you should try the following two methods:
Set your columns to text to prevent inconsistencies when exporting.
Method 2, translate your report into the corresponding language according to the following document:

Use locale values in multiple-language Power BI reports - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

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