Business Intelligence with Microsoft Power BI - with Material - Formatting Numbers in a Table

The video tutorial covers number formatting in tables and matrices, focusing on converting decimal values to whole numbers and formatting numbers in thousands, millions, and billions. It also explains how to apply these formatting techniques to matrices, using the latest software version with column tools and field formatting options.

What are the initial data types of the sales, profit, and quantity columns in the table?

• Sales: Whole number, Profit: Decimal, Quantity: Decimal

• Sales: Whole number, Profit: Whole number, Quantity: Decimal

• Sales: Decimal, Profit: Whole number, Quantity: Whole number

• Sales: Decimal, Profit: Decimal, Quantity: Whole number

Which tab is used to convert a decimal column to a whole number?

• Data Tools tab

• Format tab

• Column Tools tab

• View tab

What should you do if the column tools tab is not visible in your version?

• Reinstall the software

• Check the description for a link to upgrade

• Contact technical support

• Restart the software

How can you display sales figures in thousands?

• Change the data type to thousands

• Use the field formatting option and select thousands

• Manually divide the numbers by 1000

• Use a calculator to convert the numbers

What is a common feature between table and matrix formatting?

• Both can only display whole numbers

• Both are limited to displaying sales data

• Both use the same field formatting options

• Both require manual data entry