topic Formatting Fields in Model Builder in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/formatting-fields-in-model-builder/m-p/166693#M5591 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is it possible to format a field that was created and calculated in a model so I do not have to manually format it after the model is ran?&nbsp; My model does an acreage calculation and I would like it to calculate to only two decimal places.&nbsp; It currently defaults to six decimals.&nbsp; Any help is appreciated.&nbsp; Thanks in advance.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:31:03 GMT MatthewVance 2012-01-13T11:31:03Z Formatting Fields in Model Builder https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/formatting-fields-in-model-builder/m-p/166693#M5591 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is it possible to format a field that was created and calculated in a model so I do not have to manually format it after the model is ran?&nbsp; My model does an acreage calculation and I would like it to calculate to only two decimal places.&nbsp; It currently defaults to six decimals.&nbsp; Any help is appreciated.&nbsp; Thanks in advance.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:31:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/formatting-fields-in-model-builder/m-p/166693#M5591 MatthewVance 2012-01-13T11:31:03Z Re: Formatting Fields in Model Builder https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/formatting-fields-in-model-builder/m-p/166694#M5592 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Is it possible to format a field that was created and calculated in a model so I do not have to manually format it after the model is ran?&nbsp; My model does an acreage calculation and I would like it to calculate to only two decimal places.&nbsp; It currently defaults to six decimals.&nbsp; Any help is appreciated.&nbsp; Thanks in advance.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>You could play with the parameters but I'd just run a second 'Calculate Field' on the [acres] field with a ROUND()</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[acres] = round([acres],2)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:37:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/formatting-fields-in-model-builder/m-p/166694#M5592 JimW1 2012-01-13T15:37:38Z