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JimB-GA
Helper III
7 years ago
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converting text to numeric conditionally

Good day community,   I have a text column that contains numeric data (as text) as well as alphanumeric data.  I have tried to convert the text column to numeric, but receive error messages on rows...
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    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    JimB-GA,

    Create a custom column using this formula below, then you can convert this custom column to numeric

    try Number.FromText([Text]) otherwise null
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v-xicai
Community Support
7 years ago

Hi JimB-GA ,

 

Is the content structure of your text column is regular? If yes, you can try to use Replace Value or Split Column by special symbol(such as space, _..... ), or using DAX function such as SUBSTITUTE,FIND,MID, and so on. Or could you please show your sample data or screenshots for further analysis?

 

Best Regards,

Amy

 

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