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chengim_khaw
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data type change

‎07-29-2015 08:42 PM

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

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Anonymous
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‎08-31-2021 04:31 AM

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

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ashishrj
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‎07-30-2015 03:05 AM

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

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ashley95e
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Helper I

‎07-29-2015 10:50 PM

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

 

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