Format field options

Pentaho Business Analytics

Version
10.1.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-95PDIA004-17

The Format field for Properties allows users to select values based on numerals and calendar dates. Below is a list of supported numeric and date formats you can select for the field or measure.


Format field options

For more detailed information about numeric and date format strings, view this article about MDX and format definitions.

Table. Numeric fields using '12345.09' as the value:
Format String Result
0 12345
0.00 12345.09
#,##0 12, 345
#,###.00 12, 345.09
-#,###.00 -12, 345.09
(#,###.00) (12, 345.09)
$ #,##0 $ 12, 345
$ #,##0.00 $ 12, 345.09
$ -#,##0.00 $ -12, 345.09
$ (#,##0.00) $ (12, 345.09)
$ #,##0.00;(#,##0.00) $ 12, 345.09
0 % 1234509 %
0.00 % 1234509.00 %
#E+# 1E+4
0.00E+00 1.23E+04
##0.0E+0 1.2E+4
Table. Date fields using 'April 1, 2016, 8:09:06 PM' as the value:
Format String Example
M/d 4/1
M/d/yy 4/1/16
MM/dd/yy 04/01/16
d-MMM 1-Apr
d-MMM-yy 1-Apr-16
MMM-yy Apr-16
MMMMM-yy April-16
MMMMM d, yyyy April 1, 2016
M/d/yy h:mm AM/PM 4/1/2016 8:09 PM
M/d/yy h:mm 4/1/2016 20:09
M/d/yyyy 4/1/2016
d-MMM-yyyy 1-Apr-2016
h:mm 20:09
h:mm AM/PM 8:09 PM
h:mm:ss 20:09:06
h:mm:ss AM/PM 8:09:06 PM
[h]:mm:ss [20]:09:06