Hi Jack, I created the data table and was able to populate the table view. When I open the table view in an Excel file which is embedded in a dashboard, the numbers are correctly formatted with the commas. I used format(<number>,'C') in the SQL to populate the data table.
However, the number are being presented in excel aligned to the left sided instead of to the right side and when I save the excel file from the dashboard in my local drive the numbers are being saved as a text with a single comma before the number. Is that correct behavior? Would be a way to set the numbers alignment to the right and when saving the excel file set the values as numbers instead of text?
Thanks for the help,
That's what format does. When you use format, SQL server formats numbers into Text, and when you use that with populatefromdatatable with useDataTypes, EXCELwill now treat that as a TEXT field. How about just using it as it is (with DataTypes) and then format it in EXCEL?
The users want the excel populated and format ready. If there is no other way then I will discuss alternatives with them. Thank you for confirming the behavior.
You could file an enhancement request for the ColumnFormat like AsCurrency (there is already one for AsPercentage).
I have submitted this enhancement on IdeaStream.
Currently when opening the same Table View we can get the formatting we want in a native Excel Table View (right-justified currency fields) but not in the OneStream Spreadsheet tool (left-justified Text field).
