Display Percentage Values Correctly

How to prevent rounding from distorting percentage values in OfficeConnect.

Percentages are a classic gotcha when Workday OfficeConnect’s default Thousands rounding interacts with Adaptive Planning values stored as decimals. Before changing settings, review where rounding is configured in Change Rounding Settings so you fix the right level.

Problem: Percentage values from Adaptive Planning appear as tiny decimals in OfficeConnect. For example, 25.25% shows as 0.0002525 when workbook rounding is set to Thousands.

This happens because OfficeConnect stores percentages as decimals (0.2525) and then applies the workbook’s rounding setting on top — Thousands rounding divides by 1,000, making it 0.0002525.

Fix option 1: Set rounding to No Rounding (whole workbook)

1
Open Workbook Properties In the OfficeConnect ribbon, click Workbook Properties.
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On the Format tab, set Round to No Rounding
3
Format the percentage cells in Excel Select the cells and use Excel’s Format Cells → Percentage to display them correctly.
4
Refresh

Trade-off: This removes rounding from the entire workbook. All other numbers will display without rounding too.

Fix option 2: Suppress rounding on specific cells only

1
Select the cells that contain percentages
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In the OfficeConnect ribbon, open Row/Column/Cell Properties Right-click → OfficeConnect → Cell Properties (or Row/Column Properties for a full row/column).
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Enable Suppress Rounding (Do Not Round Amounts)
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Format those cells as percentages using Excel Select the cells → Home tab → Number format → Percentage (or use the % button).
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Refresh

Advantage: The rest of the workbook keeps its rounding. Only the percentage cells display without rounding.

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