# Edit Attribute Display dialog

Use this dialog box to set the output formatting for an attribute.

The Edit Attribute Display dialog, shown below, lets you change the default format in which the values of some attributes are output in the Record Details and Compare tables. For example, you can specify that monetary values are prepended with dollar signs or appended percent signs to integers or decimal numerals.

When changing the default formatting, you must make sure that the new formatting changes are appropriate to the data type of the attribute. For example, do not attempt to configure Currency formats to a string attribute. If the new formatting changes are invalid for the chosen attribute, the Discovery Framework software will revert the formatting to the defaults for the attribute's data type.

Format | Purpose | Formatter Options
--- | --- | ---
Integer | Formats the output of integer values. | Thousand Separator sets the thousands delimiter to a comma, period, space, or apostrophe. For example, for a value of "15000", specifying the Comma option would format the output as "15,000" while the Period option would produce a "15.000" output. Add percent suffix appends a % character to the numeric output. For example, a rating score of "25" can be shown as "25%".
Currency | Formats the output of monetary values, such as floating point values. | Thousand Separator sets the thousands delimiter to a comma, period, space, or apostrophe. Decimal Separator sets a comma or a period as the mark between the integral and the fractional parts of a decimal numeral. Decimal Places lets you specify the number of decimal places of a decimal numeral. Currency Symbol either prepends or appends a dollar, pound, euro, or yen monetary symbol to the output.
Decimal | Formats the output of decimal values, such as floating point values. | Thousand Separator sets the thousands delimiter to a comma, period, space, or apostrophe. Decimal Separator sets a comma or a period as the mark between the integral and the fractional parts of a decimal numeral. Decimal Places lets you specify the number of decimal places of a decimal numeral. Add percent suffix appends a % character to the numeric output.
String | Formats the output of string values. | Default makes no change to the string value stored in the record, which means that the original casing is preserved. Lower Case changes all the characters to lower case. Upper Case changes all the characters to upper case. Title Case changes the first character of each word to lower case.