Custom Duration Format
Zoho Analytics allows you to use and display the time duration period in various formats. This document explains the various time duration formats available, and how to construct them.
Customizing Duration Format
You can customize the duration format at the Workspace level or at the Table level.
Strings
The following table lists the supported strings to construct the duration format.
| String | Meaning |
| Seconds | |
| %s | Duration in seconds |
| %SSS | Duration in milliseconds |
| %SSSSSS | Duration in microseconds |
| Minutes | |
| %m | Duration in Minutes |
| Hours | |
| %H | Duration in Hours |
| Days | |
| %D | Duration in Days |
Separators
You can use any element as a separator for duration. You can also use a different separator for each element. The following are a few examples of standard patterns.
- 45 days 18 hrs 31 mins 27 secs
- 45 days 18:31:27
- 45 days 18.31.27
- 45.18:31:27
Formats
The following table lists examples of custom duration format.
| Format | Example |
| Single Element | |
| %s | 13456829 |
| %s Sec | 13456829 Sec |
| %SSS | 586 |
| %SSS Millisecond | 586 Millisecond |
| %SSSSSS | 586709 |
| %SSSSSS Microsecond | 586709 Microsecond |
| %m | 86 |
| %m mins | 86 mins |
| %H | 234 |
| %H hrs | 234 hrs |
| %D | 45 |
| %D days | 45 days |
| Seconds And Millisecond or Microsecond | |
| %s.%SSS | 13456829.586 |
| %s.%SSSSSS | 13456829.586709 |
| Hours and Minutes | |
| %H:%m | 234:33 |
| %H.%m | 234.33 |
| %H hrs %m mins | 234 hrs 33 mins |
| %H/%m | 234/33 |
| Hours, Minutes and Seconds | |
| %H:%m:%s | 234:33:44 |
| %H.%m.%s | 234.33.44 |
| %H hrs %m mins %s secs | 234 hrs 33 mins 44 secs |
| %H h %m m %s s | 234 h 33 m 44 s |
| %H/%m/%s | 234/33/44 |
| Days and Hours | |
| %D:%H | 45:18 |
| %D.%H | 45.18 |
| %D Days %H hrs | 45 days 18 hrs |
| %D/%H | 45/18 |
| Days, Hours, Minutes and Seconds | |
| %D:%H:%m:%s | 45:18:31:27 |
| %D.%H.%m.%s | 45.18.31.27 |
| %D days %H hrs %m mins %s secs | 45 days 18 hrs 31 mins 27 secs |
| %D/%H/%m/%s | 45/18/31/27 |
| %D Days %H:%m:%s | 45 days 18:31:27 |
| %D.%H:%m:%s.%SSSSSS | 45.18:31:27.586709 |
| In Swap Position | |
| %m mins %H hrs %D days | 31 mins 18 hrs 45 days |
Note: While importing duration data into Zoho Analytics, ensure the duration format is specified as in your source data. You can later change this in your table as needed.
