How to copy table with Leading zeros and more than 25 characters to Excel?

[filipebarros]

Hi, I have an pbi file that is used to update a report, then I get an table from this pbi and use the "COPY TABLE" to paste into an Excel file that is used to be the prime table of 4 reports . But when I copy the table , some information like leading zeros of a column for example "0502021" is only pasted like "502021" in the Excel File, then i have to select this column and copy only it, then it works and it´s pasted like "0502021". But now I have others columns with this problem , and I don´t want to have to copy every column, is there a Way to copy in the right format? The columns are already in Text formatt.
Thank you.

[v-alq-msft]

Hi, @filipebarros 

Based on your description, I created data to reproduce your scenario.

Test:

You may change the data type for the specific column as 'text' in 'Query Editor' . If it is set as 'number' data type, it will display in the number format which doesn't start with 0.

Result:

Best Regards

Allan

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[Anonymous]

Hey @filipebarros, 

Go onto Query Editor and ensure you don't have the "Change Type" step after source and navigate.

If you have that, just click the x on the left-hand side. 

Also, if you want to stop this from happening in the future, you can go onto the settings and check the following: 

[amitchandak]

@filipebarros , Try like this. Make sure they are text in power BI. COpy in excel. Make them as text column and copy paste again on top of it.

refer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_XlyzV-PcY