data type change

[chengim_khaw]

is there a facility in PowerBI to change column format, for example character to date, numeric to character, etc etc

[Anonymous]

Yes. You can select the column you want the format to be changed for and select from the provided dropdown in the panel. 

[ashishrj]

@chengim_khaw Power BI Web service have very limited custom features but Desktop tool do have more features for customization.

[ashley95e]

Yes, there a number of ways, initial download- you can edit/format  the data fields. And when you're working on the reports too.