Float columns

Video versionA video overview of string column in wpDataTables

Float columns in wpDataTablesFloat column type and when to use it

“Float” column type should be used when you need to render numeric values with a decimal part. Even non-float content type from the input will be casted as a number, and render with the amount of numbers after the comma that was defined in the “wpDataTables settings page”.

  • Rendering rules: value is casted as a number, and rendered with number of decimal places, that you defined, after the comma.
  • Sorting rules: arithmetical.
  • Applicable filter types: text (will also work), number, number range, number range slider, select-box, multi select-box, checkbox.
  • Issues to note: none.

ExampleA sample table using Float columns

“Yearly revenue” column in this table is a Float type column.

wdt_ID Company name Sector Yearly revenue Client since
1 Black Turtle Architecture 10,000,000.00 29/05/2011
3 Theodore Consulting Technology 11,000,000.00 17/05/2004
4 White Wing Industries Business Consulting 1,250,000.00 18/05/2006
5 Twinkles Inc. IT 8,000,000.00 01/05/2006
6 The Large Company Construction 7,000,000.00 01/06/2015
8 Jailbreak Machinery IT 27,500,000.00 01/06/2001
9 Infinite Scroll Maniacs IT 20,000,000.00 28/05/1996
10 Thebest Construction Agency Construction 90,000,000.00 01/05/1996
11 Allen Planning IT 0.88 15/12/2017
12 Hamburg Calling Technology 2,000,000.00 26/08/2004
wdt_ID Company name Sector Yearly revenue Client since
∑ = 176,750,000.88
Avg = 17,675,000.09
Min = 0.88
Max = 90,000,000.00

Float column settingsHow to configure float columns

Float column options

The “Float” column type has several interesting features that differ it from other column types.

From version 2.0 and on, you can set “Decimal places” per individual column that represents the number of digits to the right of a decimal point. If you leave this field blank, the column will use the number of decimal places defined on the “wpDataTables settings page“.

In addition, there are four calculation features you can enable for the “Float” columns. You can tick these checkboxes to calculate desired functions (Sum, Average, Minimum, Maximum) for all values for a given column. These calculations will be rendered in the table footer as you can see in the example above. See “Calculation functions“ chapter of this documentation for detailed info.