Change the format mask, number width of the "application" so it displays the number as you desire.can you please give me one cempla on this? BI Publisher Proprties -> General -> Data Field -> [field name] +> Formatting -> Type -> [Number ] Format -> [choose a format if required] I imagine you would get more meaningful…

...ok, I've got to ask... what is the "application"? . is the "number" stored in the database in a numeric type column, as opposed to varchar2, char or a n other string type column?

Change the format mask, number width of the "application" so it displays the number as you desire.