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Bando
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9 years ago
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Edit query not changing format

I'm using edit query to transform data from and Excel table to get the correct formatts for my work. You can see from the query below that the formatting changes seem to be made but when I look at th...
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  • MarcelBeug's avatar
    MarcelBeug
    9 years ago

    OK, the data type Percentage doesn't exist in the data model, but you can use decimal number, with format percentage.

     

     

    Alternatively, if you want e.g. 25% to show up as 25 in the data model, you need to multiply the values by 100.

     

     

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Bando
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9 years ago

Hi thanks for the quick reply but I'm not too sure I understand? What do I need to do to ensure the formats stay changed?

 

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MarcelBeug
Community Champion
9 years ago

Do you mean the percentages?

  • Bando's avatar
    Bando
    Frequent Visitor
    9 years ago

    Yeah the percentages. Thanks

    • MarcelBeug's avatar
      MarcelBeug
      Community Champion
      9 years ago

      OK, the data type Percentage doesn't exist in the data model, but you can use decimal number, with format percentage.

       

       

      Alternatively, if you want e.g. 25% to show up as 25 in the data model, you need to multiply the values by 100.

       

       

      • lkrombach's avatar
        lkrombach
        New Member
        8 years ago

        Having a similar issue with the query formatting functionality --> not with percentages but with Time (duration). I'm seeing that I have the capability to transform the column "data type" to duration but it still will not "apply" to the data model.