Power Query Data types not being the same in Power BI

[ckulkarni97]

I have a dataset having 400+ Columns.

These are either of Int64/% Datatype. However i converted them to text first for the purpose of data cleaning/replacements.

I prepare 2 lists of column names for each and change the datatype for them in M Query.

However once I load the data in PowerBI , many of the columns belong to Text datatype. 

Basically the datatypes set in Power Query are not staying the same in Power BI. 

Any idea how to fix this issue ? Or is it a bug ?

[lbendlin]

Please show your Power Query code.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @ckulkarni97 ,

In desktop, percentage is a format rather than a data type, please try converting it to Decimal number.

Then format it as % in the desktop.
Data types in Power BI Desktop

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Gao
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