Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Power BI is turning 10! Let’s celebrate together with dataviz contests, interactive sessions, and giveaways. Register now.

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

Power Query automatically changes text to number

Hi, I have a table as below with the first column stating Period with abreviations of the months

minhduc_nguyen_0-1600162865694.png

But when importing the data into Power BI the first column with the abreviations of months was turned into some numbers as below

minhduc_nguyen_1-1600162938482.png

Is this an error or did I do something wrong? Appreicate any helps thanks in advanced



1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , I doubt you excel has date where you have shown the month value, they are not of text type.  That is why it converting it like this in power BI

Full Power BI Video 20 Hours YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Series 60+ Videos YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Hindi End to End YouTube

View solution in original post

1 REPLY 1
amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , I doubt you excel has date where you have shown the month value, they are not of text type.  That is why it converting it like this in power BI

Full Power BI Video 20 Hours YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Series 60+ Videos YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Hindi End to End YouTube

Helpful resources

Announcements
June 2025 Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - June 2025

Check out the June 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.

May 2025 Monthly Update

Fabric Community Update - May 2025

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric community.