Format

Format

Formats a number or date to a string.

Syntax

Format(Numeric_Expression, String) Format(DateTime, String)

Arguments

Numeric_Expression

MDX expression that returns number.

DateTime

Date expression.

String

String that defines formatting of result.

Examples

Format(   Val(     ExtractString([Project (Job)].CurrentMember.Name,      '.*-(\d+)', 1)   ) )

Above example will return a string value of Project Name that follows after - formatted to three digits. So if the Project name is Demo-12, then the returned value will be 12.

See also

ExtractString and Val functions that are used in the example.