# Display format

> The display format determines how values are displayed to end-users. The default display format can be set for each data type in an app.

## Introduction

The display format determines how values are displayed to end-users. The default display format can be set for each data type in an app.

Attributes, metrics, and filters can have a specific display format that overrides the default display format.

## Default display format

The default display format defines how each data type is displayed by default.

### Show the default display format

Follow these steps to show the default Display Format.

| Step | Action |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | Open the app in your development environment. |
| 2 | Click on the **Home** icon and select **Settings...**. |
| 3 | Click on **DISPLAY FORMAT...**. |

In the **Display Format** dialog, the default format settings for the application can be configured. See the illustration below.

![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/process-mining/process-mining-docs-image-54216-4efabb12-626838b0.webp)

Below is a description of the different settings.

| Element | Description |
| --- | --- |
| General | Determines what text will be shown when the data is NULL. |
| Boolean | Determines the textual representation of Boolean values. |
| Date + Time | Determines how date and time is displayed. |
| Numbers | Determines the default number format.  For example: based on the user’s region, Decimal separator and Thousand separator can be set. |
| Currency | Determines the default currency format. |

### Override the default display format

The default format can be overridden for an individual datasource attribute, metric or filter.

Follow these steps to override the default display format.

| Step | Action |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | Go to the **Data** tab and click the table that contains the table item for which you want to override the default display format. |
| 2 | Click on **ADVANCED…**. |

The **Advanced Settings** dialog is displayed. The **Display format** tab contains settings to change the display format for the table item which overrides the default display settings.