Custom Number Formatting

[Mike Aloi]

Is there a way to format the display of a custom number field as a dollar or
percentage value? I currently use up custom text fields to show the values
that way, but was wondering if there was an easier way.

Thanks

 

[John]

Mike,
Basically no. The custom Number fields will only display integer or
decimal numbers. If you don't mind viewing percentage as a decimal value
then the Number field will work. Otherwise, a custom Text field is the
only option for showing values with the "%" sign. For dollar values, use
one of the custom Cost fields. They are set up to display values with
the dollar sign.

Hope this helps.
John

 

[Mike Aloi]

Thanks - I didn't think so, but thought I'd ask anyway. I've already used up
the custom cost fields, so they were not available. I was trying to produce
some custom reports, and wanted to display some total values for certain
columns within a filtered set of tasks, but since text values do not roll up,
I am forced to do the calculations in a custom number field, then display the
number in a custom text field formatted correctly.