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Anonymous
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3 years ago
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PowerBI Dropping 0's from US zip codes while loading data

When importing a file with zip codes, PowerBI automatically drops all the leading 0's on the zip codes which then causes them to map incorrectly. Is there any way to prevent it from doing this when i...
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    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Turn off automatic data type detection.

    When you turn off this option, if your data is imported into Power BI Desktop, data will all be displayed as text data type.

                                                                                                                                                             

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

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Anonymous
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3 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

 

Turn off automatic data type detection.

When you turn off this option, if your data is imported into Power BI Desktop, data will all be displayed as text data type.

                                                                                                                                                         

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.