on 26 Feb 2019 19:28:11
There are a number of ideas relating to currency formatting but none quite capture the essence of the issue at hand.
Dynamically changing the currency *is* entirely possible through a number of means.
What isn't possible at the moment is displaying/formatting the output in a meaningful way.
Assuming you have a currency slicer and a 'dynamic' measure, there are as far as I know there are three options:
- Format as decimal number (trusting the user to infer currency from slicer/filter selection)
- E.g. FORMAT([Sales], "$#,##0.0") which converts the measure to text and we lose the ability to sort values in any meaningful way
- Format as 'Currency general' which assumes that the user's locale matches currency selection
My suggestion is simply to add a locale parameter in the CURRENCY () function, e.g. CURRENCY([Sales], "USD").
Locale is clearly a parameter 'under the hood' here (as the symbol matches my locale) so exposing this to users ought to be fairly straight forward?
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RE: Dynamic currency formatting
This is needed. you cant keep adding separate columns when it comes to time intelligence measures.
RE: Dynamic currency formatting
Your suggestion is a good one.
In the meantime, to make currency intuitive without converting to text, create a separate measure which will display the symbol of the selected currency.
In a table, you can add as a separate column.
For other visuals, would have to rely on a separate card.