Customizing numeric displays

Overview

A field for how many decimal places to output is shown when an applicable aggregation method is selected. Additional customization can be added onto each aggregation method.

Content

Using a custom aggregation method with a colon, the following options can be added to customize numeric outputs.

• 0 prior to the decimal: the number of zeros entered prior to the decimal indicates how many digits to always display. A 0 will be used to fill in spaces as needed.

• 0 after the decimal: the number of zeros entered after the decimal indicates how many decimal places to always display. A 0 will be used to fill in spaces as needed.

• # after the decimal: Used to indicate the maximum number of decimal places to display

• Comma (,) before the decimal: indicates to display a comma as a thousands separator

Actions

1. Open the Design tab of the Data View Update page

2. Select the variable

3. Select Custom for the aggregation method

4. Enter a custom template by entering the aggregation method(s) with each method followed by a colon and the numeric value format

5. For an existing row in the data view:

   1. Click on the variable name in the right panel

   2. Select Custom for the aggregation method, if not already selected

   3. Enter the custom template

   4. Select Continue