Excel spreadsheet column is clearly marked as text, but on import, formatted date?

[i2rsantos]

Hello all, any thoughts on this? And a resolution?

[Mikelytics · Accepted solution]

Hi i2rsantos,

Please go in your Power Query steps and check the "changed Type" step. Then click on it and change the formatting.

It should ask you whether you want to overwrite the formatting for the selected column. If it does then click "yes". If there is no "changed type" step then please click on the alst step and do the steps on the picture.

After changing the format you should see the small symbol defining the column as text.

Best regards

Michael

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[i2rsantos]

Thank-you sir! 😊

[Mikelytics]

Your welcome and thank you for your feedback! 😊 

[ToddChitt]

Check you Power Query steps. Power Query doesn't give a hoot about your Excel formatting. It looks at the data and makes a determination based on a sample of like the first 100 rows. You can edit the Power Query code to suit your needs.