Controlling format in power pivot

Question

Hi we run 2012 entwrprise.  Can the format of a cell be controlled by what another cell has?  eg if other cell has an A, this one shows as currency.  But if it contains a B, this one shows as just a number with 1000'ws sepaeator?  If
yes, is this done in the pp window or in the pivot table?

Answer 1

Hi DB042189,
The only way I can think of achieving this within the Power Pivot model is by converting the numbers into text based on the conditional logic. I have provided a quick illustration of this approach below...
Here is the very simple test data:
Column1
Column2
A
1000
B
1000
A
500
B
700
Here are the defined measures: 
SumOfColumn2:=CALCULATE(SUM(Data[Column2]))
And...
FormattedSumOfColumn2:=
IF(
HASONEVALUE(Data[Column1]),
SWITCH(
VALUES(Data[Column1]),
"A", FORMAT([SumOfColumn2], "£#,#"),
"B", FORMAT([SumOfColumn2], "#,#"),
FORMAT([SumOfColumn2], "General Number")
FORMAT([SumOfColumn2], "General Number")
Here is the outcome:
The idea here is that for charts you would use the measure that returns the actual numbers (i.e. SumOfColumn2 in the example), and for Pivot Tables you would use the measure that returns the formatted text (i.e. FormattedSumOfColumn2).
You can read about the more 'interesting' functions out of the ones used in this solution:
HASONEVALUE:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492190.aspx
VALUES: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee634547.aspx
SWITCH: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492166.aspx
FORMAT: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee634924.aspx
Hope this helps,
Michael