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Hi,
I am trying to format a field "Actuals" to currency in query editor. Unlike desktop, I don't see how to set the format for the field to currency. I am trying to do this in power query so that when I change my datasource, the measures based on that field "Actuals" don't lose its formatting. Is there a way to format the filed in m query to currency?
Also, Is there a different way to change the datasource so that I don't lose the formatting on my measures everytime I change the datasource?
You can use format() in Desktop to set measure format to currency. For example: Measure= FORMAT( sum([data]), "Currency")
FORMAT function (DAX) - DAX | Microsoft Docs
Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
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Thanks, it did let me carry the currency format on measures when I am changing the datasource. But looks like this method is changing the feild to text and therefore when I am trying to do a feild formatting for negative values to be displayed in red colour, its not working.
For Column type - Currency, try this:
Table.TransformColumnTypes(YourTable,{{"YourColumnName", Currency.Type}})
If you have your Source table in raw format, without headers, this is kind of dynamic solution.
In example case, i have used "Sales" string as identifier for column dedicated to currency. I am pretty sure that you have some unique identifier also. Just replace it.
Until somebody else provides a neater solution, try it. Replace the Source step with your table of course 🙂
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("jZK9bsIwFEbfxXMG/xZ7DVUHpEhIsKCIwU1vCCrClbGRePs6TqSCE0edbuwcX5/7JXWNttZ8+cahAu0fPxBKZa6uC/UA2oay0xe4oWNRoz3osC7hDlafwl6BNvrqtX2EJ4oJGwqJbOmdg/74uz5HYIISJXhED+bkrVtCqVAiomvTtgBLErzvzNgq4lvjLy6+qUC7OXRFxX9G61EqyeC78ecmdfiAT/vqzLEYHez3n8CUo5Sy+cSmLMH0bX6wVzbqkjHedQdwg2zfYTQ+sCVAu9yU42wGlbZN9zSYImymaUIRkdNMQYlx5lM9kb2kUCr/syQsleP1k0QTkEgZoj/+Ag==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t, Column3 = _t, Column4 = _t, Column5 = _t]),
Index = Table.SelectRows( Table.AddIndexColumn(Table.AddColumn(Table.FromList(Table.ToRows(Table.Transpose(Source)),Splitter.SplitByNothing()), "Custom", each List.Contains([Column1],"Sales")), "Index",0,1,Int64.Type),each ([Custom] = true))[Index]{0},
Promoted = Table.PromoteHeaders(Source, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
ToCurrency = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Promoted,{{Table.ColumnNames(Promoted){Index}, Currency.Type}})
in
ToCurrency