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Power bi automatically changes data types

Hi,

      In our company we get data from sharepoint, sometimes unexpectedly PowerBi changes data types i.e Date field to text. then our visuals are broken. Could you please let me know what causes this issue and how to fix it.

 

Thanks in advance,

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v-xiaotang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Herndon_powerbi 

What's it raw type in datasource? will it work fine if you disable the feature mentioned by lbendlin ?

 

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Tang

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lbendlin
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Super User

Teach your developers to disable that setting in Power BI Desktop.

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