# Number and formatting options: New in 2021.4

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2022-01-09
- **Format:** Video · 4 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation, Tool strategy
- **Tools:** Tableau (cloud, formatting, parameters, server)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/number-and-date-formatting-options-for-parameters-salesforce-style-colour-palettes-new-in-2021-4
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b6GSa9Jb-A

I walk through two new features in Tableau 2021.4: the ability to format parameters directly in WebEdit on Tableau Server and Tableau Online, and the new Salesforce-aligned Lightning colour palettes. I demonstrate both inside a dashboard in edit view.

## Key takeaways

- You can now format parameter number and currency settings directly in WebEdit on Tableau Server and Online, bringing it closer to Desktop parity
- The standard currency formatting includes a built-in list of countries and currencies, so you can pick one without manual customisation
- The new Lightning colour palettes (default, colour safe, light, dark, blue grass, sunrise, water, watermelon) are designed to match Salesforce colours
- Salesforce Lightning palettes are categorical, suited to distinct dimension values rather than continuous or diverging colour ranges

## Chapters

- 0:33 Formatting parameters in WebEdit
- 1:42 The Salesforce Lightning colour palette

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/number-and-date-formatting-options-for-parameters-salesforce-style-colour-palettes-new-in-2021-4

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