I've noticed when displaying numeric parameters above 1000 in Visios there appears to be a space inserted every 3 digits (Where you would expect to see a 'thousands' seperator). This is fine with very large numbers (Although it would be nice to have a localized separator, such as a "," for the US), but it makes parsing reading/understanding certain values, such as port numbers, difficult. Is there an option to disable this in Visio? I wasn't able to find one, but I may have been looking in the wrong place.
Examples:
Hi Nick,
I believe what you are looking for is to use the following RegexReplace in the Shape Text (not the shape data field) where 1017 is the parameter ID you want to use.
[RegexReplace:\s+,[param:[this elementid],1017],]
My Shape Data fields:
Parameter|
Element | *
Options | NoAlarmColorFill
Hi Nick, I tried a couple different settings and could not find a way to make look better in edit mode. Seems like this particular solution has to be the shape text. I will keep looking and post here if I find another way to use regexreplace.
Hi Nick,
The small space between groups of three digits is indeed intended to make large numbers easier to read. However, this should not impact the parsing of values, as it is normally only used in the display, not in the actual value. Can you share more details on how you are retrieving the value to parse?
Apologies, “parse” is a poor word choice here. I don’t mean for a computer to parse, I mean for a person looking at the number to be able to easily understand what they are looking at. (I receive constant complaints about the spaces from users, several times per month).
Hi Nick,
I understand it is not pleasant to receive these complaints from users. At this moment, this setting is not configurable. If you want, you can create a feature suggestion here: https://community.dataminer.services/feature-suggestions/
To give you some background on why we implemented the separators this way, a couple of years ago, we used automatic regional formatting, and we received several remarks from users in international organizations that the formatting was different depending on the region some users were in, and this sometimes led to confusion. To address these concerns, we decided to implement the ISO 31-0 notation, as this is part of an international standard, to create a unified display of the units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_31-0#Typographic_conventions)
And to confirm, is there an option or data type from the Protocol that can be used to fix this? There are specific parameters, notably port numbers, that are particularly confusing when displayed like this.
Hi Nick, as far as I know, there is currently no option to change this behavior from the protocol.
Thanks Steve! This was my workaround for the time being.
Do you have any advice on how to make this look neater when in edit mode? All of the extra characters in the text box are being wrapped and overlapping with other text/shapes when I'm editing the Visio (It looks fine rendered).
For example, is there some way to move this into a Shape Data field so I don't need to include it in a text box?
Or if you have any suggestions on formatting the text so it takes up less space when editing in Visio without affecting the font of the rendered Visio?