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astano05
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5 years ago
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Export Data Does not Retain Formatting

I have a table in Power BI, but when exported to xlsx, it does not retain the column formatting (currency, percentages, decimal places) so it requires additional formatting in excel. When exported as...
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    v-cazheng-msft
    5 years ago

    Hi astano05 

    I can only do test with Live Connection to SSAS or Power BI datasets. I cannot test the Live Connection to Azure Analysis Service with no luck. My test results is are following. I open the CSV and xlsx files with Excel 2016 and I've downloaded the Analyze in Excel updates from Power BI Service.

     

     

    Here is the result:

    1 Live Connection to SSAS

     

    Export to CSV:

     

    Export to xlsx:

     

    2 Live Connection to Power BI datasets

     

    Export to CSV:

     

    Export to xlsx:

     

    Best Regards

    Caiyun Zheng

     

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