Value formatting in data visualizations

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    Summary of Value formatting in data visualizations

    The value formatting feature in data visualizations allows users to customize how numerical values appear in reports. This enhances clarity and improves the presentation of data insights, making it easier for customers to analyze and understand their business processes.

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    Key Features

    • Unit Format: Display time fields as d/h/m/s or day/hour/minute/second.
    • Maximum/Minimum Duration Unit: Choose the largest or smallest unit (Day, Hour, Minute, or Second) to display.
    • Hide Seconds: Option to remove seconds from display when the duration exceeds one minute.
    • Decimal Precision: Set the number of decimal places from zero to four (not applicable to currency fields).
    • Rounding: Simplify values over one minute by rounding to the nearest whole number.
    • Thousands Separator: Use commas or periods to separate thousands or higher values.
    • Enable Abbreviation: Shorten large values with a single character (excludes certain currency formats).
    • Hide Value in Tooltip: Option to omit unrounded values in tooltips.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing value formatting, customers can present data in a more readable and visually appealing manner, facilitating better decision-making and insights. The rounding options provide flexibility in how numbers are displayed, ensuring that users can choose the most appropriate method for their reporting needs.

    In most data visualizations, you can configure how numerical values look when you publish the report.

    Types of value formatting

    Unit format
    Show the format of time fields as d/h/m/s or day/hour/minute/second.
    Maximum/Minimum duration unit
    Select the largest or smallest unit to be shown: Day, Hour, Minute, or Second.
    Hide seconds when unit is greater than one minute
    Removes seconds display when a duration value is greater than one minute. Only available if you choose Second as the minimum duration unit.
    Decimal precision
    Number of decimal places to show, from zero to four decimal places.
    Note:
    Decimal precision is not supported on currency fields.
    Rounding
    For values greater than one minute, simplifies a number by rounding, while keeping it close to its value. See the next section, Rounding options.
    Use the thousands group separator
    Separate a value of thousands or higher with a comma or period.
    Enable abbreviation
    Show a value of thousands or higher with a single character.
    Note:
    Abbreviation for Currency, Price, or FX Currency values is not supported.
    Hide value in tooltip
    Do not show the unrounded, unabbreviated value in the tooltip.

    Rounding options

    For values greater than one minute, rounding options simplify a number, but keep it close to its value. Select from these rounding options:
    • Up - to the next larger whole number if positive and to the next smaller whole number if negative. Example: For original values of:
      • 1.1 returns a value of 2
      • 1.6 returns a value of 2
      • -1.6 returns a value of -2
    • Down - to the next smaller whole number if positive and to the next larger whole number if negative. Example: For original values of:
      • 1.1 returns a value of 1
      • 1.6 returns a value of 1
      • -1.6 returns a value of -1
    • Ceiling - to the next larger whole number, toward the positive. Example: For original values of:
      • 1.1 returns a value of 2
      • 1.6 returns a value of 2
      • -1.6 returns a value of -1
    • Floor - to the next smaller whole number, toward the negative. Example: For original values of:
      • 1.1 returns a value of 1
      • 1.6 returns a value of 1
      • -1.6 returns a value of -2
    • Half up - to the nearest neighboring whole number. If both neighbors are equidistant, rounds to the next larger whole number. Example: For original values of:
      • 1.1 returns a value of 1
      • 1.6 returns a value of 2
      • 2.5 returns a value of 3
    • Half down - to the nearest neighboring whole number. If both neighbors are equidistant, rounds to the next smaller whole number. Example: For original values of:
      • 1.1 returns a value of 1
      • 1.6 returns a value of 2
      • 2.5 returns a value of 2
    • Half even - to the nearest whole number. If both neighbors are equidistant, rounds to the closest even number. Example: For original values of:
      • 1.1 returns a value of 1
      • 1.6 returns a value of 2
      • -2.5 returns a value of -2

    Summary of rounding options:

    Table 1. Result of rounding input to one digit with the given rounding mode
    Input number Up Down Ceiling Floor Half up Half down Half even
    5.5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6
    2.5 3 2 3 2 3 2 2
    1.6 2 1 2 1 2 2 2
    1.1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
    1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
    -1.0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
    -1.1 -2 -1 -1 -2 -1 -1 -1
    -1.6 -2 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2
    -2.5 -3 -2 -2 -3 -3 -2 -2
    -5.5 -6 -5 -5 -6 -6 -5 -6