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paulraykelly
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Text column does not aggregate

‎03-01-2017 02:40 AM

Hi all, I'm new to Power BI and created a few reports from excel, which had no problem automatically aggregating text columns until now.

 

I've loaded data from a simple excel file and it won't aggregate columns. When I go to 'modeling' the 'sum' option is greyed out. Any suggestions? What have I done wrong?

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Datatouille
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‎03-01-2017 03:10 AM

Hi @paulraykelly

 

You have to change your data type to integer or decimal.

 

Either from the Data View: Modelling > Change Data Type or Power Query.

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Datatouille
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‎03-01-2017 03:10 AM

Hi @paulraykelly

 

You have to change your data type to integer or decimal.

 

Either from the Data View: Modelling > Change Data Type or Power Query.

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