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DataFormat.Error when converting numbers with non-breaking spaces
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,
I tried using the formula Text.Select(Text.From([Quantité commandée]), {"0".."9", " ", "-", ","}) to extract only digits, spaces, dashes, and commas from the "Quantité commandée" column, keeping everything as text to avoid conversion errors. This was meant to clean the data without transforming it into a number.
I also applied these two transformations to remove invisible or problematic spaces:
= Table.ReplaceValue(#"Type modified", "#()", "", Replacer.ReplaceText, {"Quantité commandée"})
= Table.ReplaceValue(#"Valeur remplacée", " ", "", Replacer.ReplaceText, {"Quantité commandée"})
Unfortunately, none of these approaches worked — the same error still appears in the column.