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Anonymous
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Card notation billions

Hi All,

We'd like to change the notation of billions to the dutch formatting like Mjd. Is this possible via a language/regional setting?

I've changed the dataset regional settings, browser language and Power BI Display language. All seem to make no difference. 

The field is a regular number field, not a currency. A format suloloin where we would have to change a measure is not preferred.

 

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Microsoft shows something similar here 
https://docs.microsoft.com/nl-nl/power-bi/create-reports/sample-opportunity-analysis 

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v-easonf-msft
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Community Support

Hi,  @Anonymous 

My side is working normally, it is recommended to refresh the page after changing the language setting on the powerbi service.

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Community Support Team _ Eason

Anonymous
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Hi Eason,

Can you check if this also works on a non-currency field? I'm not working with a currecy field but a number field.

Thanks,
Remy

Hi,  @Anonymous 

Also works.
Desktop:

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Service:

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Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason
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Anonymous
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Thanks. It seems to be a bug in the Dutch notations. German language settings works fine for me too. I've raised a ticket with MS. 

Hi, @Anonymous 

Did you get any reply from the MS engineer?

Has the problem been resolved?

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

collinq
Super User
Super User

HI @Anonymous ,

 

I would have thought that changing the regional settings alone would have done it.  That said, I suggest that you download the report that you are referring to and see if there is a clue in there - maybe a format option or a theme?  let us know if that is helpful.




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