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Anonymous
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error when converting text to number

Community, I am trying to convert text to number (or currency). I am still very new to Power Query so i am sure this is somethign rpetty simple but i literally spent 5h trying to figure it out 😞 

 

please help

 

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Anonymous
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I would Select the columns Amount 1 and Amount 2, right click, and choose   Change Type, then Using Locale, and then select whichever locale, but United States or us-En (I can't remember the parameters but it's a dropdown). Then select "Currency" as the type.

 

Good Luck!


--Nate

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v-angzheng-msft
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Hi, @Anonymous 

Select the target column, click the Data Type drop-down option in the UI to select the data type you want, or click Detect Data Type.
If you can't convert to numeric type successfully, there may be invisible non-printing characters in the column. You can click the format drop-down option in the UI, select Trim in the options, and then convert the data type.

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Tip: Data is left-aligned for text types, and right-aligned for numeric types.

 

If you need to format the data in the column as currency, select the column in PowerBI and click the format icon in the UI.

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Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Zeon Zheng


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This worked out perfectly , Thanks

Anonymous
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I would Select the columns Amount 1 and Amount 2, right click, and choose   Change Type, then Using Locale, and then select whichever locale, but United States or us-En (I can't remember the parameters but it's a dropdown). Then select "Currency" as the type.

 

Good Luck!


--Nate

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