# How to prefix $ symbol as part of Metric or Markdown
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-prefix-symbol-as-part-of-metric-or-markdown/200259
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** canvas
**Created:** [September 19, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-prefix-symbol-as-part-of-metric-or-markdown/200259 "2019-09-19T15:47:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@rajeev1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajeev1)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-prefix-symbol-as-part-of-metric-or-markdown/200259/1 "2019-09-19T15:47:35Z")
I want to display a value prefixed with '$' in Metric as well as Markdown fields in Canvas. I know I can add a separate markdown field with just '$' symbol but the problem is that it is not scalable, if the value goes from 10k to 1 Mil then someone has to manually adjust the symbol. Is there anyway I can prefix the $ symbol as part of the field itself?
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### Author:  [@rajeev1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajeev1)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-prefix-symbol-as-part-of-metric-or-markdown/200259/2 "2019-09-19T16:07:03Z")
Figured out the solution. I can use the below function and it worked perfectly
`| formatnumber format="$0,0"`
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### Author:  [@tims](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tims)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-prefix-symbol-as-part-of-metric-or-markdown/200259/3 "2019-10-08T14:44:56Z")
Great news, thanks for posting the solution @rajeev1
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-prefix-symbol-as-part-of-metric-or-markdown/200259/4 "2019-11-05T14:51:37Z")
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