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Peppearson's avatar
Peppearson
Helper I
4 years ago
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Blank In PowerBI Report View and Null in Power Query

Hi,


There is field showing some rows as "null" in power query but in the report view it is showing as blank:

POWER QUERY

REPORT VIEW

 

What I am trying to achieve is for the blank rows in the report view to be showing as "null" instead.


I've used Replace Values in Power Query already but this doesn't work for some reason.

 

Thanks

 

 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi Peppearson ,

     

    This is by design. If you want to keep the null in a numeric type column in the report view, you need to convert the column to a text column first, and then show the text null in the report view.

     

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    Hi Peppearson ,

     

    This is by design. If you want to keep the null in a numeric type column in the report view, you need to convert the column to a text column first, and then show the text null in the report view.

     

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

  • AlexisOlson's avatar
    AlexisOlson
    Super User
    4 years ago

    You should be able to replace a null with "null". The step code would look like this:

    Table.ReplaceValue(#"Prev Step Name", null, "null", Replacer.ReplaceValue, {"ColName"})