Fomatting as percentage without measures or calc columns

[wingmiester]

Hi,

I have just started usiing Power BI and trying to create some simple charts. I have used SSRS previously do acheive a a similar thing.

I am using a SQL data source, which does appear to have some limitations, but I have got around that. However I seem to have a very simple problem which I can't resolve without using a measure or calculated column.

I have a Line and Stacked Column Chart. The line value is a decimal but I just want to show a '%' after the value. I don't want to be changing the column type in the query or anything like that, just want to show the '%' symbol after the number on my graph.

 

Its probably my vast inexperience with Power BI but can someone please help?

Thanks,

Kevin

[v-piga-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @wingmiester,

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In Power BI, there is no option for us to add the '%' symbol after the number directly without creating formulas. If you don't want to create the measure or calculated column,  you could create a custom column in Query Editor like below. 

After getting the custom column, then you could show % for the custom column in the Line and Stacked Column Chart. Here is the output.

Best Regards,

Cherry

[wingmiester]

Thanks for the solution, it makes sense. I ended up simplifying the SQL and just formatting it as a percentage once I had created my query,