Microsoft Flow – Create currency output

Today, I tried to convert a number into currency using Microsoft Flow.

For  simplicity sake , I have set a variable to the the number 12305, but I want to display this number as $123.05

To convert the number into currency data I’m using the Compose action.

Using an expression like this one:

concat(‘$’,div(variables(‘value’),100),’.’,mod(variables(‘value’),100))

would almost work. for 12345 I will simply end up with $123.45 but if the cents are less than then like in my example of 12305 I will end up with $123.5 which will be confusing.

Therfore I’m having to add somthgin to my expression that can add the leading 0 if the number of cents is less than 5. With a simply if expression I got quite quickly what I needed.

concat(‘$’,div(variables(‘value’),100),’.’,if(less(mod(variables(‘value’),100),10),concat(‘0’,mod(variables(‘value’),100)),mod(variables(‘value’),100)))

If you are happy to use the SharePoint REST API there is an alternative option available. John Liu’s tweet will explain this approach

Pieter Veenstra

Is your business still running on paper trails, sprawling Excel files, or ageing Access databases? There's a better way — and I can show you exactly what it looks like. I'm the Technical Director of Vantage 365, a Microsoft solutions consultancy working with clients across the UK, the Netherlands, and worldwide. For over 30 years I've been turning messy, manual business processes into clean, automated systems that save time, reduce errors, and give teams the visibility they need to make better decisions. You can contact me using contact@sharepains.com