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asjones

Power Query Does not Read Excel Cells formatted with Data Types added

Submitted by Helper V on ‎12-20-2022 11:46 AM

I have an Excel file that has a list of countries. Some of the countries the newer Excel Data Type feature recognized the data as a country.  Power Query and thus Power BI do no read those cells and instead give an error. I tried this in both Power Query in Power BI and Power Query in Excel. 

Below is an example of the Excel cell set with a Data Type that can not be read (has the extra symbol) and one that can be read. The next screen shot is what Power Query shows.

Is this a known issue with Power Query? Is it on the radar to be fixed anytime soon?

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Anonymous
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‎12-21-2022 11:34 PM

Hi @asjones ,

 

As far as I know, it doesn't seem to support this kind of data type recognition and conversion, for now.

 

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Community Support Team _ Caitlyn

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