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FormatString (Measure Interface)

Note

  This feature will be removed in the next version of Microsoft SQL Server. Do not use this feature in new development work, and modify applications that currently use this feature as soon as possible.

The FormatString property of the Measure interface contains the format used to display the measure values. Any format string valid for use with Microsoft® Visual Basic® is acceptable.

Applies To:clsAggregationMeasure, clsCubeMeasure, clsPartitionMeasure

Data Type

String

Access

Access depends on the value of the ClassType property of the object.

Class type Access

clsAggregationMeasure

R

clsCubeMeasure

R/W*

clsPartitionMeasure

R

* Read-only for virtual cube measures.

Example

Use the following code to set the format string for the measure object [Sales_Facts].[Price]:

'Assume an object (dsoCubeMea) of ClassType clsCubeMeasure exists
dsoCubeMea.FormatString = "#,###.##"

See Also

Reference

Measure Interface

Help and Information

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