Displaying negative numbers in brackets in Excel output

Hello all.
I have an RTF template...I tired displaying negative numbers in brackets like : (123.80) in Excel output
But, this is working in PDF and not in Excel.
Please let me know the way to dsiplay the numbers in brackets.

varma wrote:
Negative numbers in bracket
add a conditional statement like below.
<?if: NUMBER_TO_CHECK < 0?> <?concat('(',NUMBER_TO_CHECK,')')?><?end if?>
<?if: NUMBER_TO_CHECK > 0?> <?NUMBER_TO_CHECK?><?end if?>
are you using the same template for PDF and EXCEL ?
if so, it has to be handled little differently.
Place this line in the beginning of the rtf
<?param@begin:_xf;''?>
add this condition on number column for Excel output
<?if:$_xf='excel' and NUMBER_TO_CHECK < 0?> <?concat('(',NUMBER_TO_CHECK,')')?><?end if?>
Try the above one it should work.
Have a Nice dayThis didnt work.
Say that I have element named 'market'
I placed this condiion <?param@begin:_xf;''?> at the beginningof RTF
Replaced the number field with this condition: <?if:$_xf='excel' and market< 0?> <?concat('(',market,')')?><?end if?>
This is giving me a blank output in place of the number.
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