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adrianbasor
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Power BI service settings. Display units in Thousands as "K" (english) instead of "mil." (spanish)

Hello, I´ve got the English version of Power BI desktop so when checking my sales I see the units in "K" for thousands, or "M" for millions.

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However, when publishing to app.powerbi.com I see them in a Spanish format "mil" for thousands "mill" for millions etc. 

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Changing the language settings in the general preferences doesn´t seem to work. Any idea, how could I switch it?

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Anand24
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Super User

@adrianbasor ,
The default language for all users in Power BI Service can be managed by setting the default language in the Power BI Tenant Settings.

To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to Power BI Service as an admin.
  2. Go to the gear icon in the top right corner and select "Tenant settings".
  3. Under the "Languages" section, select the language you want to set as the default.
  4. Click "Save".

If you want to change just for you, then what you tried should work. Try opening the report again in incognito mode so that browser cache doesn't affect the report.

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adrianbasor
New Member

Thanks @Anand24 , changing the language in the general settings and accessing in incognito/removing the cache worked for me.
I leave a link to a related topic, with further details about changing the tenant settings for all the users.
https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Service/Change-default-language-for-all-users-in-Power-BI-...

Anand24
Super User
Super User

@adrianbasor ,
The default language for all users in Power BI Service can be managed by setting the default language in the Power BI Tenant Settings.

To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to Power BI Service as an admin.
  2. Go to the gear icon in the top right corner and select "Tenant settings".
  3. Under the "Languages" section, select the language you want to set as the default.
  4. Click "Save".

If you want to change just for you, then what you tried should work. Try opening the report again in incognito mode so that browser cache doesn't affect the report.

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