Automatic scaling of values
When the system scales values, it automatically shortens the value and adds a suffix. This improves the readability of large
data and data with multiple decimal places in report tables.
For example, a value of 16100 scales in the table as 16.10k.
Figure 56. A table with scaled values
Number conversion
These abbreviations are for values that are greater than 1,000.
| Suffix symbol | Name | Positive orders of 10 |
|---|---|---|
| T | trillion | 1,000,000,000,000 |
| G | billion | 1,000,000,000 |
| M | million | 1,000,000 |
| k | thousand | 1,000 |
Decimal number conversion
These abbreviations are for values that are less than 1.
| Suffix symbol | Name | Negative orders of 10 |
|---|---|---|
| m | thousandth | 0.0001 |
| ยต | millionth | 0.000 001 |
| n | billionth | 0.000 000 0001 |
| p | trillionth | 0.000 000 000 001 |