microsoft / microsoft/finops-toolkit

[Power BI] Show currency symbol

Open
#8 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Good first issue 🏆 Help wanted ✨ Tool: Power BI
Dominant language
PowerShell
Stars
603
Forks
248
Avg merge
7d 11h
Merged PRs (30d)
11

Description

⚠️ Problem

Power BI isn't very clear about what currency is selected.

🛠️ Solution

Show all cost data (KPIs, charts, and tables) with a formatted currency value.

ℹ️ Additional context

Power BI allows hard-coding currency, but we need to investigate how to set it dynamically from another Currency field.

This preview feature may help: https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-dynamic-format-strings

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by investigating Power BI dynamic format strings and how currency can be set from another Currency field. Review how the KPIs, charts, and tables expose cost data; done means all cost data displays the selected currency symbol and formatted value.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.