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ovetteabejuela
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9 years ago
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PowerQuery: Can't Replace #DIV/0! with null

I don't know why, but it seems that I can't get rid of this literal #DIV/0! coming from an excel source.   I already tried to force the column to a text before applying the replace value function b...
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  • MarcelBeug's avatar
    MarcelBeug
    9 years ago

    #DIV/0 and #N/A import as an error in Power Query and can not be distinguished from any other error.

     

    So you can use the Query Editor options for handling error values:

    replace error values via Transform - Replace Values - Replace Errors or

    remove rows with errors via Home - Remove Rows - Remove Errors.

     

    This works for the selected columns. In order to remove errors from the entire table, you can use the dropdown at the very upper left corner of the table, and then select Remove Errors (close to the bottom of the list).

     

    If you want to replace errors in all columns then you must select all columns first and then use the option on the Transform tab.

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ovetteabejuela
Impactful Individual
9 years ago

Just to add, I tried to filter in that column where #DIV/0! appears. I filtered with anything that contains "/" and I got this error

 

DataFormat.Error: Invalid cell value '#DIV/0!'.
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MarcelBeug
Community Champion
9 years ago

#DIV/0 and #N/A import as an error in Power Query and can not be distinguished from any other error.

 

So you can use the Query Editor options for handling error values:

replace error values via Transform - Replace Values - Replace Errors or

remove rows with errors via Home - Remove Rows - Remove Errors.

 

This works for the selected columns. In order to remove errors from the entire table, you can use the dropdown at the very upper left corner of the table, and then select Remove Errors (close to the bottom of the list).

 

If you want to replace errors in all columns then you must select all columns first and then use the option on the Transform tab.

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    ovetteabejuela
    Impactful Individual
    9 years ago

     

    MarcelBeug

     

    replace error values via Transform - Replace Values - Replace Errors

    If you want to replace errors in all columns then you must select all columns first and then use the option on the Transform tab.

     

    That worked for me! Thanks again the nth time!

     

     

    jmdh

     

    Thanks, good to know there's that other option however if I convert to CSV it breaks the automation process I'm eliminating human-interventions.

  • Jmenas's avatar
    Jmenas
    Advocate III
    8 years ago

    Hi MarcelBeug

     

    Thanks for the intro. I just realized also that is not possible to change it like that if the data type is changed in excel it forces me to change it in the excel report. It was a bit annoying but then I just delete it and it works. 


    Thanks,

    J.