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I am building an HTML email template to display a variety of statistics. The statistics are in different formats such as percents and currency values. Is it possible to format a decimal as a percent in an HTML Template? 

Decimal Example:

Value: .9856

Display Value (in template): 98.56%

 

Currency Example: 

Value: 4578.19

Display Value (in template): $4,578.19

 

Based on your provided documentation, the only way to format numbers appears to be as a decimal or integer. Are there other formats that are acceptable? 

Best answer by Jacques Reynolds

Hey ​@Antonia Villa ðŸ‘‹ Jacques here from Intercom Support. I hope all is well today!

You're correct that the templating engine currently supports |integer and |decimal filters for number formatting, as documented.

Unfortunately, there isn’t built-in support for percentage or currency formatting directly within Intercom’s templating syntax (e.g. there's no |percent or |currency filter at this time).

Here’s what you can do as a workaround:

  1. Pre-process the number before passing it into the template (e.g. multiply .9856 by 100 and format to two decimal places: 98.56)
  2. Then, append the % symbol manually in your template:

For currencies like $4,578.19, you’ll need to format the number (with commas and decimals) before passing it to the template and include the currency symbol in the value itself.

Hope this helps!

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👀 Adding ​@Milan â€‹@Nathan Sudds  in case they have any ideas on that 💪

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Hey ​@Antonia Villa ðŸ‘‹ Jacques here from Intercom Support. I hope all is well today!

You're correct that the templating engine currently supports |integer and |decimal filters for number formatting, as documented.

Unfortunately, there isn’t built-in support for percentage or currency formatting directly within Intercom’s templating syntax (e.g. there's no |percent or |currency filter at this time).

Here’s what you can do as a workaround:

  1. Pre-process the number before passing it into the template (e.g. multiply .9856 by 100 and format to two decimal places: 98.56)
  2. Then, append the % symbol manually in your template:

For currencies like $4,578.19, you’ll need to format the number (with commas and decimals) before passing it to the template and include the currency symbol in the value itself.

Hope this helps!

Jacques Reynolds

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