Textbox formatting using Concat
I am trying to do two things to my data displayed in a text box
1. Number formatting to include , thousand separator
2. Color format of a part of the text using <span> as recommended in another thread.
I could not find a clear solution for 1 and the solutions for 2 did not work (it just displayed the '<span style..."">','text','</span>' as is)
Thanks in advance.
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Hi @user057613
#1 is possible with a lengthy beast mode.
#2 is not possible. Text cards don't support HTML markup. Only within table cards.
CONCAT(CASE WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) = 12 THEN CONCAT( SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 1, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 4, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 7, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 10, 3) ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) = 11 THEN CONCAT( SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 1, 2), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 3, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 6, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 9, 3) ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) = 10 THEN CONCAT( SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 1, 1), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 2, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 5, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 8, 3) ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) = 9 THEN CONCAT( SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 1, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 4, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 7, 3) ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) = 8 THEN CONCAT( SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 1, 2), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 3, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 6, 3) ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) = 7 THEN CONCAT( SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 1, 1), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 2, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 5, 3) ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) = 6 THEN CONCAT( SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 1, 3), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 4, 3) ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) = 5 THEN CONCAT( SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 1, 2), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 3, 3) ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) = 4 THEN CONCAT( SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 1, 1), ',', SUBSTRING(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0), 2, 3) ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) <= 3 THEN ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0) WHEN SUM(`Number Orders`) IS NULL THEN 0 ELSE '' END)
For good measure here's a version with abbreviated numbers
CONCAT(CASE WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) = 10 THEN CONCAT( ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`) / 1000000000, 2), 'B' ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) >= 7 THEN CONCAT( ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`) / 1000000, 2), 'M' ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) >= 4 THEN CONCAT( ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`) / 1000, 2), 'K' ) WHEN LENGTH(ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0)) <= 3 THEN ROUND(SUM(`Number Orders`), 0) WHEN SUM(`Number Orders`) IS NULL THEN 0 ELSE '' END )
Just replace the `Number Orders` fields with your own.
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Thank you @GrantSmith ?
Yes, that is what I was looking for! ?
However, when I try to use that new beast mode in the table, it does not show a SUM option as it recognizes it as a text field. How do I get it to calculate as a numeric field and then just display with the "M"?
Thanks, Angela
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The abbreviated beast mode is doing the SUM already for you and adding in the M (if it's in millions). Because it's adding in the extra "M" it's treating the resulting data type as a string. You shouldn't need to select the SUM aggregation from the column as it's done inside the beast mode.
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