Quantity format

Quantity formats are a format string that specifies how a number is displayed.
Note:
  • All quantity formats are case-sensitive.
  • Enter a space before and after a format quantity code if you insert a quantity into a line with other data or text.
  • If you insert a quantity format and the attribute is not populated, the string will appear blank.
The following table lists the formats you can use for quantities in Smile.
Table 1. Quantity formats
Format Effect
%D Total days
%H Hours within the day
%m Minutes within the hour
%s Seconds within the minute
%h Total number of hours
%M Total minutes
%S Total seconds
%G GiB. Gibibyte. A GB using 1024 bytes as the basis.
%U MiB. Mebibyte A MB using 1024 bytes as the basis.
%3 kB. Kilobyte. Using 1000 bytes as the basis.
%6 MB. Megabyte. Using 1000 kilobytes as the basis.
%9 GB. Gigabyte. Using 1000 megabytes as the basis.
%b Number of bits with smart precision. Displays kB, MB, GB where appropriate, using 1000 bytes as the basis.
%B Number of bytes with smart precision. Using 1000 bytes as the basis.
%i Number of bytes with smart precision. Using 1024 bytes as the basis.
%% A percent sign
%$ The original number unformatted
Table 2. Quantity format expression examples
Format Number Result
%h:%m:%s 123456 34:17:36
%D:%H:%m:%s 123456 1:10:17:36
%S seconds 123456 123456 seconds
%B 123456 123.46 kB
%B 12345678 12.35 MB
%B 1234567890 1.23 GB
%i 123456 120.56 KiB
%i 12345678 11.77 MiB
%i 1234567890 1.15 GiB
%$%% 123 123%