diff --git a/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/customColumns.vue b/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/customColumns.vue
index 1077ba1fa..c28d7e20c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/customColumns.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/customColumns.vue
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         :updatePath="updatePath"
         :optionsPath="column.options_path"
         :inArchivedRepositoryRow="inArchivedRepositoryRow"
+        :decimals="column.decimals"
         :canEdit="permissions.can_manage && !inArchivedRepositoryRow"
         :editingField="editingField"
         @setEditingField="editingField = $event"
diff --git a/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/repository_values/RepositoryNumberValue.vue b/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/repository_values/RepositoryNumberValue.vue
index 555e244d9..b0a06b883 100644
--- a/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/repository_values/RepositoryNumberValue.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/vue/repository_item_sidebar/repository_values/RepositoryNumberValue.vue
@@ -65,12 +65,9 @@ export default {
     colName: String,
     colVal: Number,
     permissions: null,
+    decimals: { type: Number, default: 0 },
     canEdit: { type: Boolean, defaul: false}
   },
-  created() {
-    // constants
-    this.decimals = Number(document.getElementById(`${this.colId}`).dataset['metadataDecimals']) || 0;
-  },
   methods: {
     toggleCollapse() {
       if (!this.expandable) return;
diff --git a/app/views/repository_rows/show.json.jbuilder b/app/views/repository_rows/show.json.jbuilder
index 2af8bb646..d27d3c428 100644
--- a/app/views/repository_rows/show.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/repository_rows/show.json.jbuilder
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ json.custom_columns do
                 {
                   options_path: items_repository_repository_columns_checklist_column_path(@repository, repository_column)
                 }
+              when 'RepositoryNumberValue'
+                {
+                  decimals: repository_column.metadata.fetch(
+                    'decimals', Constants::REPOSITORY_NUMBER_TYPE_DEFAULT_DECIMALS
+                  ).to_i
+                }
               else
                 {
                   options_path: ''