# Number formatting

Inforiver for Power BI comes prepackaged with intelligent number formatting & scaling recognition capabilities that help display data in a perceptive manner in your table/matrix style reports right out of the box. You can 

(a) Handle a dataset of varying granularities & formats using the scaling options 

(b) Convert to % format, attach prefix/suffix, and increase/decrease decimal spaces 

(c) Configure semantic formatting to differentiate positive and negative values using different colors 

(d) Customize positive/negative values, null and blanks in your table/matrix reports 

and more...

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> ## **Related resources**
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> #### Feature highlights
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> [No-code reporting in Power BI](https://inforiver.com/reporting-powerbi/)
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> #### User guide
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> [Number formatting](https://docs.inforiver.com/working-with-inforiver/2.-displaying-information/basic-formatting/number-formatting)
>
> #### Blogs
>
> [Intelligent number formatting & scaling in Power BI](https://inforiver.com/blog/general/intelligent-automated-number-formatting-for-tables/)


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