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Anonymous
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Error power query conversion data

‎11-25-2019 04:49 AM

Hi all,

 

I'm getting the following error when I'm trying to convert the column to number.

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The thing is that by default, the column is a number type but I have some rows with numbers like "*7,60-". I've tried to change the format of the column to a text but still the same error. Any tip to solve it?

 

Thanks

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‎11-25-2019 05:34 AM

@Anonymous do you want this column to be text or number?



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‎11-25-2019 06:41 AM

I don't know, only want to see the content in the table and no Error. I thing the best is a number but doesn't matter. @parry2k .

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‎11-25-2019 08:34 AM

@Anonymous seems like  your change type step to number before you applied change to text. You need to update existing step to change the data type. If you are not sure , share pbix file with sample data and I will look into it.



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