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ANTOS
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arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type int

Hi

 

I am getting the attached error when i try to put a column into a simple table.

Apparently there is limit of how many digits can be used and indeed my data have some very big numbers.

is there a way to solve this error?  

ANTOS_0-1661338020406.png

Regards

 

Antonis

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @ANTOS ,

 

Please check the solution in this post.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Arithmetic-overflow-error-converting-expression-to-data-typ... .

 

Best Regards,

Jay

@Anonymous a bit difficult to make sense out of this...

thanks for the input though

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