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dcunningham27
Helper I
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Format Negative Percent to Brackets/Parentheses

How do you format a negative percentage using parentheses (and not the - sign)?

 

Example: -3% 

Want: (3%)

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edhans
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Use the custom format: 0%;(0%);0%

You can do this on the Modeling tab of the desktop.

  1. Select the modeling tab
  2. Select the field
  3. Change it to a decimal format, then Custom
  4. Enter the custom format above.

There is a more in depth article here about custom number formats.

 

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edhans
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Use the custom format: 0%;(0%);0%

You can do this on the Modeling tab of the desktop.

  1. Select the modeling tab
  2. Select the field
  3. Change it to a decimal format, then Custom
  4. Enter the custom format above.

There is a more in depth article here about custom number formats.

 

2020-01-21 08_32_13-Untitled - Power BI Desktop.png



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Would have NEVER found this. Thank you @edhans 

You are very welcome @dcunningham27 



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