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Peppearson
Helper I
Helper I

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

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REPORT VIEW

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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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v-stephen-msft
Community Support
Community Support

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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v-stephen-msft
Community Support
Community Support

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
Super User
Super User

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"})

 

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