Format and Precision Page (Display Properties Dialog Box)

Click the Properties button on the Data View tab or right-click a display and select Properties from the shortcut menu to display the Display Properties dialog box. Select the Format and Precision tab to display this page.

Use this page to configure the format and precision of a numeric display or the numeric components of other displays, such as the units of a scale on a graph axis.

This page includes the following components:

• Component—Specifies the numeric component, such as the axis of a graph, for which you are configuring the format and precision. This component appears only for displays that have multiple numeric components.
• Format type—Type of the numeric component. You can select from the following options:
  • Floating point—Displays the numeric component in floating-point notation.
  • Scientific—Displays the numeric component in scientific notation. For example, 60 in floating-point notation equals 6E+1 in scientific, where E represents the power of 10 exponent.
  • Automatic formatting—Displays the numeric component in the format that LabVIEW SignalExpress determines is appropriate for the data. LabVIEW SignalExpress chooses either scientific notation or floating-point notation based on the number to format.
  • SI notation—Displays the numeric component in System International (SI) notation, in which the unit of measurement appears after the value. For example, 6000 in floating-point notation equals 6k in SI notation.
  • Decimal—Displays the numeric component in base-10 decimal format.
  • Hexadecimal—Displays the numeric component in base-16 format. Valid digits are 0 to F. For example, 60 in floating-point notation equals 3c in hexadecimal.
  • Octal—Displays the numeric component in base-8 format. Valid digits are 0 to 7. For example, 60 in floating-point notation equals 74 in octal.
  • Binary—Displays the numeric component in base-2 format. Valid digits are 0 and 1. For example, 60 in floating-point notation equals 111100 in binary.
  • Absolute time—Displays the numeric component in terms of time elapsed since 12:00 a.m., January 1, 1904, Universal Time.
  • Relative time—Displays the numeric component in terms of hours, minutes, and seconds starting from zero. For example, 100 in floating-point notation equals 1:40 in relative time.
• Digits—[Format type: Floating point, Scientific, Automatic formatting, SI notation] If Precision Type is Digits of precision, this field contains the number of digits to display after the decimal point. If Precision Type is Significant digits, this field contains the number of significant digits to display.
• Precision Type—[Format type: Floating point, Scientific, Automatic formatting, SI notation] Specifies whether to display digits of precision or significant digits. Select Digits of precision if you want the Digits field to indicate the number of digits to display after the decimal point. Select Significant digits if you want the Digits field to indicate the number of significant digits to display.
• Hide trailing zeros—[Format type: Floating point, Scientific, Automatic formatting, SI notation] Removes zeros at the end of the number. If the number has no fractional part, this option also removes the description part.
• Exponent in multiples of 3—[Format type: Scientific, Automatic formatting] Formats the number in engineering notation, where the exponent is always a multiple of three.
• Use minimum field width—[Format type: Floating point, Scientific, Automatic formatting, SI notation, Hexadecimal, Octal, Binary] Pads any excess space to the left or right of the number with zeros or spaces to reach the minimum width you enter in Minimum field width. Place a checkmark in this checkbox to set the Minimum field width and Padding.
  • Minimum field width—Width to which you want to pad the number.
  • Padding—Sets whether to pad with spaces on the left or right or to pad with zeros on the left.
• Time Type—[Format type: Absolute time, Relative time] Sets the format of the time displayed in the numeric component. Custom time format uses the format you configure in this dialog box using the following components. System time format uses the format of the operating system. Select Time unused if you do not want to display the time in the numeric component.
  • AM/PM type—Specifies the type of clock to use to format the time. You can select one of the following options:
    • AM/PM—Specifies to use a 12-hour clock.
    • 24-hour—Specifies to use a 24-hour clock.
  • HMS type—Sets whether to display hours and minutes or hours, minutes, and seconds. You can select one of the following options:
    • HH:MM—Specifies to display the time in hours and minutes.
    • HH:MM:SS—Specifies to display the time in hours, minutes, and seconds.
      • Digits—Specifies a number of digits to use to display fractions of seconds.
• Date Type—[Format type: Absolute time, Relative time] Sets the format of the date displayed in the numeric component. Custom date format uses the format you configure in this dialog box using the following components. System date format uses the format of the operating system. Select Date unused if you do not want to display the date in the numeric component.
  • MDY type—Specifies the order in which to display the month, day, and year. You can select one of the following options:
    • M/D/Y—Specifies to display the date in the following order: month/day/year.
    • D/M/Y—Specifies to display the date in the following order: day/month/year.
    • Y/M/D—Specifies to display the date in the following order: year/month/day.
  • Year type—Sets whether to display the year and whether to display it as 2 or 4 digits. You can select one of the following options:
    • Do not show year—Specifies not to display the year.
    • 2-digit year—Specifies to display the year as 2 digits.
    • 4-digit year—Specifies to display the year as 4 digits.