Guide
Pick between Number, Money, and Percentage formatting.
Decimal places
Select the precision of a Field by specifying the number of decimal places: e.g. 2 for 1.32 and 0 for simply 1.
If later you find out that you need more or fewer decimal places:
Decimal and thousands separators
Every person sees numbers in a format set in their Personal preferences. This means the same Number Field value might look like 1,234.56 for you and 1 234,56 for your colleague — see our internationalization principles. The preferences are initially based on the user's browser locale but everyone is free to adjust them.
The Field creator only specifies if a given Number Field needs a thousand separator.
Visualize as a progress bar
You can visualize numeric values of the Number field as a progress bar in Views. It works only for the percentage field type. For example, if you have a Field Completion, you will see Completion (progress bar) unit in the View setup. The field is fully editable.
FAQ
Why does a field set to N decimal places still allow N+ decimals?
The decimal setting only affects how values look in the UI - not how they're stored or compared.
If you set a number field to show 2 decimal places, a value like 1.23456 will appear as 1.23 in the UI, but it's still stored in full precision behind the scenes. That means two values that look the same (e.g. 1.23) might still be treated as different if their hidden digits differ.
If you need values to be compared or stored using a specific precision, use a formula with rounding:
If(Round(valueA, 2) = Round(valueB, 2), "equal", "different")
Or round values via Automation when they’re created or updated, if consistency is critical.