Default number formatting

Feature Suggestions
1

Rather than having to change my number formatting each time I use a field in a report, it would be preferable to set the default formatting at the model level instead.

This will save huge amount of time, but also ensure consistent formatting & styles get applied

An example of how this might look in;

dimension item_code {
   label: 'Item Code'
   type: 'number'
   hidden: false
   definition: @sql {{ #SOURCE.item_code }};;
   default_format: "#,##0.00"
   }  
measure system_accuracy {
   label: "System Accuracy"
   type: "number"
   definition: @sql          cast(sum( {{ is_good_alert }} ) as numeric(16,4))/
   sum({{ is_good_alert }} + {{ is_bad_alert }});;
   hidden: false
   default_format: "0.0%"
  }

It could even go one step further, and define formats in a separate document, and then specify that format within the schema, eg…

style perc_1dec {
   format: "0.0%"
}
style number_2dec {
   format: "#,##0.00""
}

.

dimension item_code {
   label: 'Item Code'
   type: 'number'
   hidden: false
   definition: @sql {{ #SOURCE.item_code }};;
   default_format: number_2dec
   }  
measure system_accuracy {
   label: "System Accuracy"
   type: "number"
   definition: @sql          cast(sum( {{ is_good_alert }} ) as numeric(16,4))/
   sum({{ is_good_alert }} + {{ is_bad_alert }});;
   hidden: false
   default_format: perc_1dec
  }

The advantage of the latter approach is you can then update all default percentages from 1dp to 2dp instantly, for example.

2

My apologies - it looks like this already exists, and I’d just missed it!

I was looking at the docs here and didn’t see it mentioned, but format is indeed a valid parameter for Dimensions & Models
eg:
format: "#,###0.00%"

(I can’t remove the post I made, but at least it might be useful for others)

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