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dprasetyo
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8 months ago
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Text Field was Read as Scientific Number

Hi, I have a problem in showing pure text data type in Table kind of visualisation. In my ID column, I have several rows consist of multiple IDs (that's why I set it to text data type in csv and in ...
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  • v-aatheeque's avatar
    v-aatheeque
    8 months ago

    Hi dprasetyo 

    Is the scientific notation appearing in Power Query Editor, in the data view, or only in a report visual?

    After changing the column to Text, did you apply the change in Power Query and click Close & Apply?

    Is there any step in Power Query (for example Changed Type or Added Custom Column) that might be converting the value back to a number?

    can you share the error screenshot or sample CSV data file ?

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v-aatheeque
Community Support
8 months ago

Hi dprasetyo 

Is the scientific notation appearing in Power Query Editor, in the data view, or only in a report visual?

After changing the column to Text, did you apply the change in Power Query and click Close & Apply?

Is there any step in Power Query (for example Changed Type or Added Custom Column) that might be converting the value back to a number?

can you share the error screenshot or sample CSV data file ?

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v-aatheeque
Community Support
8 months ago

Hi dprasetyo 

Following up to confirm if the earlier responses addressed your query. If not, please share your questions and we’ll assist further.

  • v-aatheeque's avatar
    v-aatheeque
    Community Support
    8 months ago

    Hi dprasetyo 

    Have you had a chance to look through the responses shared earlier? If anything is still unclear, we’ll be happy to provide additional support.