--- title: "ACE Analytics The Formatted Column Element" slug: "ace-analytics-the-formatted-column-element" updated: 2022-12-29T20:56:53Z published: 2022-12-29T20:56:53Z canonical: "docs.interprose.com/ace-analytics-the-formatted-column-element" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.interprose.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ACE Analytics The Formatted Column Element A special element, the Formatted Column element, allows developer to format data right in a datalayer. The element formats data from another column and places it in a new column in the datalayer. All of the formatting options previously discussed here are available in this element and using the Formatted Column can produce report performance improvements. For more information, see our document [The Formatted Column](http://training.interprose.com/Documentation/TheFormattedColumnDoc.html).