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Hello,
I have tried changing this column to text and to number however; I am receiving the below error as some of the information within these cells have a letter and a number. Can you please advise on how I can resolve this?
Hi @BrittanyBoyer ,
Please check out this link to troubleshoot the dataformat error :-
https://rukiatu.com/how-to-audit-and-fix-dataformat-error-in-power-query/
Also please share the applied steps , this error usually happens due to some of the previous applied steps.
Thanks ,
Pratyasha Samal
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It didn't scum
Hi,
you might have two changed type steps in the Power Query, remove the first changed type step which converts this column into the number.
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