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roncruiser
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Excel -->Publish-->Export Table and Data Model Into Power BI Dataset

I have a simple problem that is not obvious to me.

I transformed some data in Excel using Power Query.
That data is best viewed in Excel as a Power Query Pivot Table.

The X and Y axis of the Pivot Table in Excel are numerical.  Which is intended.
I then publish by exporting the data into a Power BI dataset.
When the end users retrieve the data from the Power BI dataset using Excel Get Data, the X and Y axis is changed to text.
This creates a big dilemma, because the user can no longer sort the X and Y axis of the data numerically.


How do I keep the data type intact as numerical when I pull the data back into Excel from a Power BI dataset?
It seems like a simple but elusive issue to solve.

Need some help here please... this will solve some pipeline throughput issues for me.

Thanks,
Ed

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roncruiser
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Let me give it a try.  Thanks.
Sorry for the late reply.

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Hi @roncruiser ,

 

Did you try Get date -- Files -- Local Files -- Upload your Excel file to Power BI

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Or just export data from visualizations?

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Best Regards,

Eyelyn Qin

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