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PBIGuy25
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Why does Split Column by Delimiter edit the data?

One of my columns has a description of 5/32" x 7/8' to start, but after going through a Merge Column/Split Column by Delimiter Power BI changes the result to 5/32 x 7/8'. Why did it remove the quotation mark? This will throw off any future references.

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MasonMA
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@PBIGuy25 

 

When splitting columns through UI, in advanced option try selecting 'None' for Quote Character 

MasonMA_1-1757366059996.png

You will also see it says 'QuoteStyle.None, false' in the M code.

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MasonMA
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@PBIGuy25 

 

When splitting columns through UI, in advanced option try selecting 'None' for Quote Character 

MasonMA_1-1757366059996.png

You will also see it says 'QuoteStyle.None, false' in the M code.

Exactly what I needed. Thank you!

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