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Hello there!
I have a dataflow connected to the database and everything is fine, here is example of one row.
When I download data from DF to Power BI Desktop there is an issue that I have missing random data in activated_date (as you can see there is a date 2/9/2023 in DF), but it's missing in PBD, I don't know why, but this only occurs only on some part of rows, not all.
Here is PQ view, everything looks normal excepts this activated_date, I tried to refresh all sources and still nothing. Is this a bug?
Hello @Anonymous
this could be due to a failed data transformation step that has been automatically added at the end of your dataflow.
Although I doubt it in your case...
Background: If you don't specify a type for your column in dataflows, then after saving and closing, 2 steps will automatically be added at the end of your query: A text transformation and a removal of error values.
This could explain the behaviour you are seeing.
Otherwise I would say it is a bug.
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Hi @ImkeF
I checked my flow and activated_date is formatted as a date and I don't see any additional steps, everything seems normal.
In the Dataflow, specify the text type for this column, and convert it to a date after loading in the dataset.
In general, in dataflows, it is better to store everything in a text type, and convert it after loading into a dataset. There will be fewer such bugs.
Could you find any solution for it?
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