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MooseGooseLoose
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I keep getting this error: DataFormat.Error: We couldn't convert to Number. I actually want it to sh

I'm having a slight issue with converting numbers into text and back. Half of my Microsoft Forms is both text and numbers

 

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aj1973
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Hi @MooseGooseLoose 

Some records contain numbers and strings (411- Prototyping & Tooling). Check the source and correct them

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Hi and thank you very much. This wasn't the solution I was looking for as the data is coming from a live Microsoft Form that I don't necessarily own myself

You do some cleaning in Power Query then, like Split after delimiter "-". you should then have a column with numbers Format.

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