This is a guest post by our excel ninja – Hui.
Today we will learn how to format numbers and amounts in Indian currency format. Indian numbers are grouped differently than standard English numbers.
English Grouping 123,456,789.01
Indian Grouping 12,34,56,789.01
Quick and easy fix to show numbers in Indian format:
A custom number format of:
[>=10000000]##\,##\,##\,##0;[>=100000] ##\,##\,##0;##,##0
or
[>=10000000]"RS "##\,##\,##\,##0;[>=100000]"RS " ##\,##\,##0;"RS "##,##0
Will solve the problem.
A permanent solution to Indian Number Formats:
However there is better and more permanent solution using the Systems Regional Settings
- Goto the Control panel and select the “Region and Language” button
- Select “Additional Settings”
- Set digit groupings to the Indian grouping like this:
- Do the same on the Currency Tab and Apply
Now in Excel the Default “,” and “$” Style will show the way you wanted.
Thanks Hui:
Thank you so much for sharing this hack with all of our readers. 🙂
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Hello...
In Power BI I have data that includes months by name only (e.g. May, April, December...)
I need to build charts etc. but i need the months to go chronologically... not alphabetically... I cannot seem to find the fix to this.... once again, my data does NOT have an actual date attached to it (like 02/01/2023)....only month names... can i use a helper table wher i id the month names as numbers 1 thru 12? and if so, how do i manage this to work for me ?
Thank you.
~Keith
You need to setup an extra table to map each month name to a running number. A simple 12 row table like
Jan 1
Feb 2
Mar 3
..
Dec 12
Then create a relationship between this month table and your month column
Now, go to "table view" in Power BI and set the sort by column to month number for the month name column on this new table.
Finally, use the new table's month name whenever you need to refer to the month name in the visuals.
They will be chronologically arranged.