Negative Values: how negative values are displayed.
Number (Custom): format is customized to yourĭecimal Places: the number of decimal places Locale: number format changes based on the geographical Number (Standard): format is based on locale On either the format specified by the data source or the data contained Here are the number formats and associated optionsĪutomatic: format is automatically selected based Some formats require additional settings.įor example, if you select Scientific, you must also specify In the Format pane, click the Numbers drop-down menu. Right-click (control-click on Mac) a measure or axis in the view and select Format. For Tableau Desktop Specify a number format You can use formatting, however, to handle the null values in a different way, such as hiding them. When a measure contains null values, the nulls are usually plotted as zero. Or you can define a custom number format using Microsoft Excel style Standard formats, such as number, currency, scientific, and percentage When you format a measure, you can specify the number formatįor both the axis and the pane text.
