Number in scientific notion

RE: Number in scientific notion

agam — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 07:48:48 GMT

Hi b0002

Yes, you should store numbers as decimal as long as they are within the database limits.

and, if your use case is to handle max 15 digits, then yes, decimal would capture all the digits easily.

However, it finally depends on your use case, in case you want to store a large number as text.

Purvaja — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 07:42:25 GMT

If I give the data type as number(decimal) then will it able to capture all the digits.(eg:15 digits)

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 07:37:42 GMT

I think that numbers should be stored as numbers with the exception of too large numbers will not fit the Appian data types.

Purvaja — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 07:33:07 GMT

Thank you agam

As a best practice, what data type should be given to hold long numbers like text or decimal and then format using fixed function on screen.

agam — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 07:26:47 GMT

You could use fixed function to display decimals with long decimal places.