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knishal
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Column Item Showing as [list]

Hi I have the following data coming from a sharepoint task list but its showing as [list] when it suppose to show user that i assigned to a task. How can i fix this?

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Hi @knishal 

 

Power BI doesn't support List data type in the model, so you need to extract values from these lists or expand lists to get the values you want by using Power Query Editor in advance. From Home ribbon, click "Transform data" to launch Power Query Editor and extract list values there. 

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Community Support Team _ Jing
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Jaide17
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Hi, I have the same issue. 

I am not very tech savy when it comes to PowerBi but am trying to resolve the same issue.
I 'extracted the values' which show as numbers, but this column should be the Facilitators names and I am unsure on how to change the format time. I have tried to change it via - Transform > Data Type > Text but this doesn't work either. 

Any assistance on this would be much appreciated. Can anyone advice please? @v-jingzhang 

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Sujata_rao090
Regular Visitor

Expression.Error: We cannot convert a value of type Record to type Text.

Sujata_rao090
Regular Visitor

Its not working, giving error

knishal
Regular Visitor

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Hi @knishal 

 

Power BI doesn't support List data type in the model, so you need to extract values from these lists or expand lists to get the values you want by using Power Query Editor in advance. From Home ribbon, click "Transform data" to launch Power Query Editor and extract list values there. 

vjingzhang_0-1661742672230.png

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
If this post helps, please Accept it as Solution to help other members find it.

Just what I was looking for, but can I add the list in onw row comma separated fex instead of getting a new row for each list item?

I found your answer on Google; it saved my life! thanks a lot. 

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