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DataFormat.Error when converting numbers with non-breaking spaces
- 11 months ago
Hi Akhil,
Yes, I did try using "Character.FromNumber(160)" to remove the non-breaking spaces, but that wasn’t the actual cause of the issue.
After some investigation, I found that the problem was related to the SharePoint source implementation level being set to 2.0. This level tries to automatically convert columns to types (text, number, date, etc.). It correctly transforms dots into commas in my case, but doesn’t remove the spaces between thousands and hundreds, which caused an error during the automatic column type conversion.
The solution was either to revert to implementation level 1.0 — which requires manually reformatting all columns (changing types, replacing spaces and dots with commas, etc.) — or to disable the “Thousands separator” option directly in the SharePoint list settings.
I couldn’t find any other workaround while staying on implementation level 2.0.Thanks again for your help!
Best regards,
Hi ItsProtosup
Create a custom column that picks only the numbers and some characters (period and comma)
Text.Select([column], {"0".."9", ",", "."})