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erihsehc
Helper III
8 years ago
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number formating issue

hi there,   I would like the number format in %, however, when I used formula ratio% = IFERROR(SUM(Sheet1[sales])/SUM(Sheet1[cost]),"na"), the result cannot be formatted in %, how to solve this? th...
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  • GilbertQ's avatar
    GilbertQ
    8 years ago

    Hi erihsehc

     

    This could possibly done by using the Format as shown below.

    My Measure =
IF (
    [Net Win] > 100,
    "nm",
    FORMAT ( DIVIDE ( SUM('Table1'[sales]), SUM('Table1'[Other Sales]), "NA" ), "Percent" )
)
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GilbertQ
Super User
8 years ago

Hi erihsehc

 

What I would suggest doing is to use the new Divide Function which caters for Divide by Errors.


So your measure could be written as:

My Measure = DIVIDE(SUM(Sheet1[sales]),SUM(Sheet1[cost]))

This will result in the Divide by errors being blank

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erihsehc
Helper III
8 years ago

thanks GilbertQ, got it. However, we would like to show "na" (also exclude some extreme number by using if(>100,"nm") ) instead of blank for presentation. is that any method to show text but also format the number as %?

  • GilbertQ's avatar
    GilbertQ
    Super User
    8 years ago

    Hi erihsehc

     

    This could possibly done by using the Format as shown below.

    My Measure =
IF (
    [Net Win] > 100,
    "nm",
    FORMAT ( DIVIDE ( SUM('Table1'[sales]), SUM('Table1'[Other Sales]), "NA" ), "Percent" )
)
    • erihsehc's avatar
      erihsehc
      Helper III
      8 years ago

      thanks GilbertQ, this formula is working but there is another issue that, when I put this measure to a multi-row card, I can not format this %result, ("-1.28%" on the screenshot used this measure), I can not add label for it, and this % always stay on top, can not format the color and size.

      • GilbertQ's avatar
        GilbertQ
        Super User
        8 years ago

        Hi erihsehc

         

        Unfortunately there currently is no other way to format the measures so that they can change based on different scenario's.

         

        I would suggest going to https://ideas.powerbi.com and voting for the idea.