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PowerBI53
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Date/time Import as Text

I have a date-time field in Excel where time is upto milliseconds. I would like to import it in Power BI either 1) as is - upto millisecond level or b) as a text string; currently it is turncating at seconds level automatically.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

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v-frfei-msft
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Hi @PowerBI53,

 

You can disable the option "Automatically detect column types and headers for unstructed sources"in the settings and import the data again.

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Regards,

Frank

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v-frfei-msft
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Hi @PowerBI53,

 

You can disable the option "Automatically detect column types and headers for unstructed sources"in the settings and import the data again.

2.PNG

 

Regards,

Frank

Community Support Team _ Frank
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the others find it more quickly.

Hi @PowerBI53,

 

Does that make sense? If so, kindly mark my answer as a solution to close the case.


Regards,
Frank

Community Support Team _ Frank
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