MS Flow expression: How to format calculated SharePoint field to 2 decimal places

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we have a calculated column in our SharePoint List with the below formula:

=TEXT([Contract Value (£)]/(DATEDIF([Contract Start Date],[Contract End Date],"M")/12),"#,###.00")

here are the settings:

Calculated Field Format 3.PNG

In the list, it looks correct:

Calculated Field Format 1.PNG

Now in our Flow, we need to update a field in the list with a concatenated string using the below formula:

concat('The Annual Contract Value (£',triggerBody()?['AnnualContractValue'],') falls below the £50,000 annual threshold, so Finance & Procurement Approval was skipped')

this is then used in an email, but the value returned by the concatenated formula is incorrect:

Calculated Field Format 5.PNG

what we want to see is £1621.62

How can we format that currency number returned by the calculated field to 2 decimal places?

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Re: MS Flow expression: How to format calculated SharePoint field to 2 decimal places

Hi @livingstonep

Unfortunately there isn't still an easy way to do this in Flow, however I've made a formula to work around this,

I show this here, but the formula to 'cut' this extra numbers is above, when the '2' in red are the amount of decimals to keep, and the ',' are the separator

substring(triggerBody()?['AnnualContractValue'],0,add(indexof(triggerBody()?['AnnualContractValue'],','),2))

addapted to your code the full expression is

concat('The Annual Contract Value (£',substring(triggerBody()?['AnnualContractValue'],0,add(indexof(triggerBody()?['AnnualContractValue'],','),2)),') falls below the £50,000 annual threshold, so Finance & Procurement Approval was skipped')

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livingstonep 358 on at

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Re: MS Flow expression: How to format calculated SharePoint field to 2 decimal places

thanks for your answer, but what do you mean by separator?

concat('The Annual Contract Value (£',substring(triggerBody()?['AnnualContractValue'],0,add(indexof(triggerBody()?['AnnualContractValue'],','),2)),') falls below the £50,000 annual threshold, so Finance & Procurement Approval was skipped')
surely the sperator in my number is the decimal point ?

thanks for your help with this.

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Re: MS Flow expression: How to format calculated SharePoint field to 2 decimal places

@livingstonep

Let's assume you obtain details of your list item via a Get Item action Block, so the output value of the column is

body('Get_item')?['YourColumnName']

I guess you don't want to modify the existing formula on your Sharepoint List, right? In such a case, I would suggest to use an WDL function based expression:

lastIndexOf() returns the starting position or index value for the last occurrence of a substring. This function is not case-sensitive, and indexes start with the number 0. You can use '.' as substring:

lastIndexOf(body('Get_item')?['YourColumnName'],'.')

add(): You can use it to calculate the lenght of the substring you need to extract in order to get the number with two decimals.

add(lastIndexOf(body('Get_item')?['YourColumnName'],'.'),1)

substring() returns characters from a string, starting from the specified position, or index. Index values start with the number 0. You can use 0 as startIndex, and the length of the substring you need to extract in order to get the number with two decimals.

substring(body('Get_item')?['YourColumnName'],0,

add(lastIndexOf(body('Get_item')?['YourColumnName'],'.'),1))

Hope this helps

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gamoraes 1,040 on at

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Re: MS Flow expression: How to format calculated SharePoint field to 2 decimal places

Yes! is your decimal point, because in some cultures is '.' and others ','.

The function works?

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