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delgadomk
9 years agoRegular Visitor
Error - DataFormat.Error: We couldn't convert to Number. Details J7510
Hi, I keep receiving an error when I import my excel file into PowerBI Desktop. I think what is happening is that in some of the fields, there is a comma. For example, I have a column titled Pr...
- 9 years agoThank you! I made the changes to the excel file first then made them again in the Desktop and it seems to have worked.
Maaike_V
8 years agoFrequent Visitor
Hi,
I've had the same problem.
Using data with number format ( 1,233.331), and use it in a Dutch PowerBi.
The solution for me was to change the datatype from text to decimal based on country codes, in Query-editor. That is the last option in the menu when you click on the datatype symbol in the column header. Choose datatype decimal, Country English (world).