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Data Format Error
Hello,
My dataset in the query editor shows no errors however when I close and apply my changes there is one error. There is no option to view the error from the first dialogue box and so when I go back into the query editor and select "keep errors" I am greeted with the following:
DataFormat.Error: We couldn't convert to Number.
Details:
R-P51
I have one column which is in number format and have checked both Power BI and the original dataset for "R-P51" however there is no cell containing this. Power BI is also not directing me to the actual cell which is causing the error.
I have checked other questions people have posted however nothing has helped me with this. Would anyone have any ideas please?
Thanks
parry2k I've managed to solve now. It looks as though an error was created during earlier stages where I split a column, changed their formats and carried out some data cleansing, and re-merged them, changing their format a final time. Once these steps had been removed, the changes were applied without problem.
Thank you for your time and effort in helping
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Have you checked the option 'column profiling based on entire data set' (rather than first 1000 rows)?
HotChilli just tried this (that's also a new feature to me so thank you as a side note for the introduction) and I receive the following error message:
"We encountered an error while computing the distribution"
For clarity, it works fine on the first 1,000 rows. The above message only appears when I change this to the whole dataset
Anonymous great to hear. that's why I asked for the M code, I wanted to check if there is something happening in the earlier steps. Well, good to hear it is all solved now.
Anonymous so basically there is a column that is converted to a number with the text value. if you have multiple columns that are getting converted to number, change their type to text and change type of one column to number at a time to see which column is giving the error.
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parry2k I only have one column which is set as a number format and having checked this both in Power BI using the search filter, as well as the original data set in Excel, I can't find the error
Anonymous interesting, can you change the type of this column to text for the testing purpose and see if it loads correctly. Can you share M code here?
parry2kI have ran the test as suggested and when I change this to text and "apply" I am greeted with the same error message as in my original post.
The M Code when selecting "keep errors" is as follows:
= Table.SelectRowsWithErrors(#"Filtered Rows3")
Apologies if this wasn't the M Code you were after if. If not, let me know which you are referring to and I will post.
Anonymous click advanced editor and paste the full code.
parry2k I've managed to solve now. It looks as though an error was created during earlier stages where I split a column, changed their formats and carried out some data cleansing, and re-merged them, changing their format a final time. Once these steps had been removed, the changes were applied without problem.
Thank you for your time and effort in helping
