Format Number Dialog Box

To accommodate companies located or doing business in countries other than the United States, GovWin Capture Management provides default non-currency number formats for reports and other GovWin Capture Management output based on your settings in Regional and Language Options in Microsoft Windows.

In certain cases, GovWin Capture Management provides the Format Number dialog box so you can modify those default non-currency number formats to meet special requirements.

In Reporting, you can modify the default number formats for individual reports and for individual report columns. The Layout tab on the Options dialog box displays the default number (non-currency) format for the report. That format, in turn, becomes the default format for each numeric field on the report. You can modify the default format on the Layout tab, and you can modify the format for individual columns on the Columns tab. In either case, you change the settings on the Format Number dialog box.

To review or change your settings for Windows, display the Windows Control Panel and double-click Regional and Language Options.

Location

To display the dialog box, complete the following steps:

  1. From the GovWin Capture Management Navigation menu, click Reporting and click the type of report.
  2. In the Reports grid, click the Options column for the report.
  3. Click .
  4. On the Options dialog box, select one of the following actions:
    Option Description
    To change the format for the report Click the Layout tab, and click in Number in the Default Formats group box. (For the Key Financial Metrics report, click the Metrics tab.)
    To change the format for an individual column Click the Columns tab, click the Format grid column for the report column, and then  click .

Contents

Field Description
Type Indicate if you want the format to be a number or a percentage. If you select Percent, GovWin Capture Management adds a percent sign (%) to each number.
Sample This field displays the formats for positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero. As you select formatting options, GovWin Capture Management updates these samples based on your selections.
Use default number of decimal places Select this option to use the default number of decimal places. To use a different number of decimal places, clear that check box and specify the number of decimal places in Decimal places. (Note that in some cases, GovWin Capture Management uses a fixed number of decimal places for a report column. If you specify a different number, it has no effect on those columns.)
Decimal places If you do not select Use default number of decimal places, select or enter the number of decimal places in Decimal places. (Note that in some cases, GovWin Capture Management uses a fixed number of decimal places for a report column. If you specify a different number, it has no effect on those columns.)
Digit grouping Select from the following digital grouping options:
  • 123456789GovWin Capture Management does not group digits.
  • Default groupingGovWin Capture Management groups digits using the default grouping for the applicable culture. For example, if the culture for the report displayed in the Override regional settings field on the Layout tab is English (United States), this option is 123,456,789.
Negative number Specify how you want to indicate negative numbers:
  • Sign on frontGovWin Capture Management displays a minus sign before the number.
  • Sign on backGovWin Capture Management displays a minus sign after the number.
  • ParenthesesGovWin Capture Management displays the number within parentheses.
Zero number Specify how you want to indicate zero values: display 0, display a short dash (-), or leave the space blank
  • 0 GovWin Capture Management displays 0.
  • -GovWin Capture Management displays a short dash.
  • Do not displayGovWin Capture Management leaves the space blank.
OK Click this button to close the Format Number dialog box and apply the formatting options.
Cancel Click this button to close the Format Number dialog box and discard any changes you made to the formatting options.
Help Click this button to display a help topic for the Format Number dialog box.