--- title: Enabling Data Formatting slug: enabling-data-formatting docTags: createdAt: 2022-05-11T06:18:12.000Z --- Organizations across continents are adapted to different formatting options, flexibility in terms of Formatting would make the chatbots more user-friendly in terms of how data is being presented to them. ## Availability You can access this option by navigating to **Configure -> Advanced -> Formatting. ** ![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/iOTpn18P7FMUIZT5seFCm/cnurGsk0f62imvwfuiHi7_screenshot-2024-02-14-at-112914-am.png) ## Functioning ::Image[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/iOTpn18P7FMUIZT5seFCm/RR1UdUtacm7giElEiEE13_screenshot-2024-02-14-at-113314-am.png" size="86" width="1290" height="976" position="center" showCaption="false"} - **Identifier : **This field is used for providing the name that would help you recognise your choice of formats. - **Number :** - **Digit Grouping** - The number of digits contained between each separator for all digit groups. You can either group them as 12,12,121 123,123,123 123456789 - **Grouping Selector** - The character for separating the groups of digits in numbers. - **Time :** - **Format** - Select the time format to be used 12-hour format 24-hour format - **Add Preceding Zero** - The character for separating the groups of digits in numbers. - **Include Seconds **- Enabling this will add the second column to the time too - **Date :** Depending upon the style you will be provided with the following options to configure. - **Short ** ** **Date Separator – Slash, Hyphen, Space, Period Component Order – Date, Month, and Year Year Format – YY or YYYY - **Long** This would have 6 pre-defined templates through which you can use the same. - **Preview **: This option would present how the data would be presented and modified with the changes being added to them. Here's how you can format text on our platform. If you face any issues or queries please reach out to us at [support@engati.ai](mailto\:support@engati.ai).