Ultimus BPM Suite Data Formats

Data View Formats

Number Formats
The following table shows the built-in number formats for a US English
locale and the result after the format is applied to a positive, negative, and
decimal number.

Category and Format 3 -3 .3

General 3 -3 .3
Currency
$#,##0_);($#,##0) $3 ($3) $0
$#,##0_);[Red]($#,##0) $3 ($3) in red $0
$#,##0.00_);($#,##0.00) $3.00 ($3.00) $0.30
$#,##0.00_);[Red]$(#,##0.00) $3.00 ($3.00) in $0.30
red
_($* #,##0_);($* #,##0);_($* "-"_) $ 3 ($ 3) $ 0
;_(@_)
_($* #,##0.00_);($* #,##0.00)
;_($* "-"??_);_(@_) $ 3.00 ($ 3.00) $ 0.30

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Category and Format 3 -3 .3

Fixed
0 3 -3 0
0.00 3.00 -3.00 0.30
#,##0 3 -3 0
#,##0.00 3.00 -3.00 0.30
#,##0_);(#,##0) 3 (3) 0
#,##0_);[Red](#,##0) 3 (3) in red 0
#,##0.00_);(#,##0.00) 3.00 (3.00) 0.30
#,##0.00_);[Red](#,##0.00) 3.00 (3.00) 0.30
in red
_(* #,##0_);(* #,##0);_(* "-"_);_(@_) 3 ( 3) 0
_(* #,##0.00_);(* #,##0.00)
;_(* "-"??_);_(@_) 3.00 ( 3.00) 0.30
Percent
0% 300% -300% 30%
0.00% 300.00% -300.00% 30.00%
Fraction
# ?/? 3 -3 2/7
# ??/?? 3 -3 3/10
Scientific
0.00E+00 3.00E+00 -3.00E+00 3.00E-01
##0.0E+0 300.0E-2 -300.0E-2 300.0E-3

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Date Formats
The following table shows the built-in date formats for a US English locale
and the result after the format is applied to a date.

Format 04/18/95
m/d/yy 4/18/95
d-mmm-yy 18-Apr-95
d-mmm 18-Apr
mmm-yy Apr-95
m/d/yy h:mm 4/18/95 0:00

Time Formats
The following table shows the built-in time formats for a US English
locale and the result after the format is applied to a time.

Format 12:02:02
h:mm AM/PM 12:02 PM
h:mm:ss AM/PM 12:02:02 PM
h:mm 12:02 PM
h:mm:ss 12:02:02
m/d/yy h:mm 4/18/95 12:02 PM
mm:ss 02:02
[h]:mm:ss 12:02:02
mm:ss.0 02:02.0d](#,##0

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Custom Format String

The following table lists the format symbols that can be used in a custom
format string.

Format Symbol Description

General Displays the number in General format.
0 Digit placeholder. If the number contains fewer
digits than the format contains placeholders, the
number is padded with 0’s. If there are more
digits to the right of the decimal than there are
placeholders, the decimal portion is rounded to
the number of places specified by the
placeholders. If there are more digits to the left
of the decimal than there are placeholders, the
extra digits are retained.
# Digit placeholder. This placeholder functions
the same as the 0 placeholder except the
number is not padded with 0’s if the number
contains fewer digits than the format contains
placeholders.
? Digit placeholder. This placeholder functions
the same as the 0 placeholder except that
spaces are used to pad the digits.
. (period) Decimal point. Determines how many digits (0’s
or #’s) are displayed on either side of the
decimal point. If the format contains only #’s left
of the decimal point, numbers less than 1 begin
with a decimal point. If the format contains 0’s
left of the decimal point, numbers less than 1
begin with a 0 left of the decimal point.
% Displays the number as a percentage. The
number is multiplied by 100 and the %
character is appended.

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Format Symbol Description

, (comma) Thousands separator. If the format contains
commas separated by #'s or 0's, the number is
displayed with commas separating thousands.
A comma following a placeholder scales the
number by a thousand. For example, the format
0, scales the number by 1000 (e.g., 10,000
would be displayed as 10).
E- E+ e- e+ Displays the number as scientific notation. If the
format contains a scientific notation symbol to
the left of a 0 or # placeholder, the number is
displayed in scientific notation and an E or an e
is added. The number of 0 and # placeholders
to the right of the decimal determines the
number of digits in the exponent. E- and e-
place a minus sign by negative exponents. E+
and e+ place a minus sign by negative
exponents and a plus sign by positive
exponents.
$ - + / ( ) : space Displays that character. To display a character
other than those listed, precede the character
with a back slash (\) or enclose the character in
double quotation marks (" "). You can also use
the slash (/) for fraction formats.
\ Displays the next character. The backslash is
not displayed. You can also display a character
or string of characters by surrounding the
characters with double quotation marks (" ").
The backslash is inserted automatically for the
following characters:
! ^ & ` (left quote) ' (right quote) ~ { } = < >
* (asterisk) Repeats the next character until the width of the
column is filled. You cannot have more than
one asterisk in each format section.
_ (underline) Skips the width of the next character. For
example, to make negative numbers
surrounded by parentheses align with positive
numbers, you can include the format _) for
positive numbers to skip the width of a
parenthesis.

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Format Symbol Description

"text" Displays the text inside the quotation marks.
@ Text placeholder. If there is text in the cell, the
text replaces the @ format character.
m Month number. Displays the month as digits
without leading zeros (e.g., 1-12). Can also
represent minutes when used with h or hh
formats.
mm Month number. Displays the month as digits
with leading zeros (e.g., 01-12). Can also
represent minutes when used with the h or hh
formats.
mmm Month abbreviation. Displays the month as an
abbreviation (e.g., Jan-Dec).
mmmm Month name. Displays the month as a full name
(e.g., January-December).
d Day number. Displays the day as digits with no
leading zero (e.g., 1-2).
dd Day number. Displays the day as digits with
leading zeros (e.g., 01-02).
ddd Day abbreviation. Displays the day as an
abbreviation (e.g., Sun-Sat).
dddd Day name. Displays the day as a full name
(e.g., Sunday-Saturday).
yy Year number. Displays the year as a two-digit
number (e.g., 00-99).
yyyy Year number. Displays the year as a four-digit
number (e.g., 1900-2078).
g If you are using a Japanese locale, this displays
the Latin letter for an era.
gg If you are using a Japanese locale, this displays
the first character of an era name.
ggg If you are using a Japanese locale, this displays
the full era name.
e If you are using a Japanese locale, this displays
the full era year.

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l
Format Symbo Description
ee If you are using a Japanese locale, this displays
the full era year with a leading 0 if the year is
less than 10.
h Hour number. Displays the hour as a number
without leading zeros (e.g., 0-23). If the format
contains one of the AM or PM formats, the hour
is based on a 12-hour clock. Otherwise, it is
based on a 24-hour clock.
hh Hour number. Displays the hour as a number
with leading zeros (e.g., 00-23). If the format
contains one of the AM or PM formats, the hour
is based on a 12-hour clock. Otherwise, it is
based on a 24-hour clock.
m Minute number. Displays the minute as a
number without leading zeros (e.g., 0-59). The
m format must appear immediately after the h
or hh symbol. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a
month number.
mm Minute number. Displays the minute as a
number with leading zeros (e.g., 00-59). The
mm format must appear immediately after the h
or hh symbol. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a
month number.
s Second number. Displays the second as a
number without leading zeros (e.g., 0-59).
ss Second number. Displays the second as a
number with leading zeros (e.g., 00-59).
AM/PM 12-hour time. Displays time using a 12-hour
am/pm clock. Displays AM, am, A, or a for times
A/P between midnight and noon; displays PM, pm,
a/p P, or p for times from noon until midnight.
[h] Outputs total number of hours.
[m] Outputs total number of minutes.
[s] Outputs total number of seconds.
s.0, s.00, s.000, ss.0, Outputs fractional part of second.
ss.00, ss.000
[Black] Displays cell text in black.
[Blue] Displays cell text in blue.

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Format Symbol Description

[Cyan] Displays cell text in cyan.
[Green] Displays cell text in green.
[Magenta] Displays cell text in magenta.
[Red] Displays cell text in red.
[White] Displays cell text in white.
[Yellow] Displays cell text in yellow.
[Colorn] Displays cell text using the corresponding color
in the color palette. n is a color in the color
palette.
[conditional value] Each format can have as many as four
sections: one each for positive numbers,
negative numbers, zeros, and text. Using the
conditional value brackets ([ ]), you can
designate a different condition for each section.
For example, you might want positive numbers
displayed in black, negative numbers in red,
and zeros in blue. The following string formats a
number for these conditions:
[>0][Black]General;
[<0][Red]General; [Blue]General

Custom Number Formats

The following table shows some examples of custom number formats and
numbers displayed using the custom formats.

Format Cell Data Display

#.## 123.456 123.46
0.2 .2
#.0# 123.456 123.46
123 123.0
#,##0"CR";#,##0"DR";0 1234.567 1,235CR
0 0
-123.45 123DR
#, 10000 10

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Format Cell Data Display

"Sales="0.0 123.45 Sales=123.5
-123.45 -Sales=123.5
"X="0.0;"x="-0.0 -12.34 x=-12.3
$* #,##0.00;$* -#,##0.00 1234.567 $ 1,234.57
-12.34 $ -12.34
000-00-0000 123456789 123-45-6789
"Cust. No." 0000 1234 Cust. No. 1234
;;; Anything (Not Displayed)
"The End" 123.45 The End
-123.45 -The End
text text
m-d-yy 2/3/94 2-3-94
mm dd yy 2/3/94 02 03 94
mmm d, yy 2/3/94 Feb 3, 94
mmmm d, yyyy 2/3/94 February 3, 1994
d mmmm yyyy 2/3/94 3 February 1994
hh"h" mm"m" 1:32 AM 01h 32m
h.mm AM/PM 14:56 2.56 PM
hhmm "hours" 3:15 0315 hours
#?/? 1.25 1 1/4
#?/8 1.25 1 2/8

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