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

Enhance your career with this limited time 50% discount on Fabric and Power BI exams. Ends August 31st. Request your voucher.

Reply
RAKESH1986
Helper II
Helper II

Unable to Load text field value from Excel File Table

Hi All,

 

I am getting a strange issue, I have text values in an excel table and I am unable to load them in power bi.

 

in excel I created a table and tried to load the same table data, but the text value (W11642) is giving an error that cannot convert into a number. why? my field type is text in power bi..so why I am getting this error?pls, help me to solve this.

 

RAKESH1986_0-1675158807877.png

 

this table from excel I have loaded.

 

RAKESH1986_1-1675158892029.png

 

 

and this is the field in excel table having text value...

RAKESH1986_2-1675158945939.png

 

RAKESH1986_0-1675159027710.png

and this field do not have any blank or invalid values , but do not know why power bi giving error.

 

could you help me how to resolve this issue?

 

1 REPLY 1
Scala
Frequent Visitor

Hi there! I see two 'Changed Type' steps for your table. Is it possible that the first step is changing the column to a number, and the second is changing it back into text?

Helpful resources

Announcements
July 2025 community update carousel

Fabric Community Update - July 2025

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

July PBI25 Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - July 2025

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

Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

This is your chance to engage directly with the engineering team behind Fabric and Power BI. Share your experiences and shape the future.