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Alirezam
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OLE DB or ODBC error

Hi dudes,

I have a table reading from a .csv file. There is no wrong, missing or unusual characters in the records. Whenever I refresh in Power Bi, I get this message and it only occurs when I unpivot the two of the columns. Before unpivoting, it sounds like working well. Any assistance?

 

OLE DB or ODBC error: [DataFormat.Error] We couldn't convert to Number

when I follow, I see this:

DataFormat.Error: We couldn't convert to Number.
Details:
TIME (-3602)

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v-chuncz-msft
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@Alirezam 

 

You may check the related steps Table.TransformColumnTypes in The Advanced Editor.

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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mussaenda
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Do you have a "Changed Type" step after unpivoting? Remove it.

v-chuncz-msft
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Community Support

@Alirezam 

 

You may check the related steps Table.TransformColumnTypes in The Advanced Editor.

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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