June 21, 200718 yr I have a formulas that conc. 3 different fields and outputs as text. One field is text which is easy, the other is a percent and the other is a number. The problem is the number fields report as a raw number - like the percent will read .345233571535371531. I can round it but it still lacks the % and doesn't read right. I want the percent to read as a percent and the number to read to one decimal and have a comma when appropriate. Any thoughts? Thanks
June 21, 200718 yr If you need it in a text field, you need to format it yourself, i.e. round it, multiply by 100 and prefix a"%" symbol. The same applies to the other number field. Using merged fields can save you one of the two tasks.
June 22, 200718 yr Author Thanks...that's what I thought but was hoping someone smarter out there had another way. I can't merge the data because it's for charting software. Thanks
June 22, 200718 yr If you are exporting as text, then no - you have to calculate the exact string of the formatted number. You could use this as a starting point. If you are exporting as XML, I *think* you could do the formatting in the XSLT stylesheet.
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