Number settings

In the Lumel EPM toolbar, navigate to Settings > Appearance to open up the settings side panel

The 'Numbers' tab in the settings side panel is used for formatting the numbers in the report.

Under the Numbers section, you can find the following options for formatting the numbers in the report:

1. Semantic format

Semantic formatting lets you highlight or emphasize positive and negative values.

By enabling the toggle, you can see new fields using which you can customize the color for positive, negative, and neutral values. You can also choose the format for displaying the positive and negative values from the drop-down.

2. Value display

This section provides options for null and zero display, decimal and thousand separators, and more.

2.2. Sign in headers

If all the values in a particular row are negative, the category label will be prefixed with the minus (-) symbol - indicating that every cell in that row should be multiplied by -1.

Negative sign is visible when the Sign in Headers toggle is on

When Sign in Headers is enabled, additional options are displayed:

• Show positive sign

The show poor rows positive sign will prefix a plus (+) symbol before the category label for rows that contain only positive values.

Show positive sign

• Show equal on totals

The total and subtotal category labels will be prefixed with an equal to (=) symbol.

Show equal symbol on totals

2.3. Null

You can display a null value using blank, zero, hyphen, or enter custom text.

In the below image, the hyphen is used to represent the null value.

Null replacement options

When Custom is selected from the drop-down, the Null text option is enabled, where you can provide the desired text (a maximum of six characters).

Custom Null Text is Nil

2.4. Null as zero for calculation

Reports will often contain null cells which may be used in calculated columns. In the report below, the Depreciation field is calculated based on the Sales measure which has null values. Consequently, the Depreciation measure also contains null data.

Report with null values

When calculations involve measures that contain null values, you can replace the nulls with zeroes by enabling the Null as zero for calculation toggle.

Nulls replaced with zeroes

2.5. Zero

Similar to null values, you can display a zero value using blank, zero, hyphen, or enter custom text.

When 'Custom' is selected from the drop-down, the 'Zero text' option is enabled, where you can provide the desired text (a maximum of six characters).

2.6. Max decimal precision

You can set the maximum number of digits to display after the decimal point.

Decimal precision

2.7. Decimal separator

You can insert the desired decimal separator in this field. By default, dot (.) is used.

Decimal separator

2.8. Thousand separator

You can insert the desired thousand separator in this field. By default, comma (,) is used.

Thousand separator

2.9. Suppress calculation errors

This option can be used to hide calculation errors. You can also define custom error text that will be displayed in case of calculation errors.

Suppress calculation errors

2.10. Blank row/column label

By default, blank rows or Columns are identified as '(Blank)'. This can be customized by entering the desired text in the field.

Blank row label

2.11. Blank column label

If you have blank dimension categories in your columns, Inforiver replaces the empty column headers with "(Blank)". You can provide alternate text to use in the Blank Column Label textbox.

Blank Column Label