Yes, you’re right. I got confused with MD calculated members which do inherit format settings from base calculations. There isn’t currently a good workaround for different formats, or at least until DAX supports expression-based format settings.

Teo,
of course I can format existing measures any way I want. But SelectedMeasure will always return its own format. Thus, it is for instance not possible to mix ratios and amounts. Using the DAX FORMAT function is another nice attempt, but because it returns text, your ‘numbers’ will not align in tables/matrixes. Yes, you cannot even align text the way you want, neither in a column nor on an axes.

Frank,
Instead of formulas, you can reference existing measures which you can format any way you want. Or, you can use the DAX FORMAT function to format the results of the formulas.