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Data type percentage in dataflow, but become decimal in datamart

Please help!

I used dataflow to link data from csv, then link datamart to dataflow, and visual by powerBI linked to datamart.

there are column with should be percentage (but in csv they are type number), so I transform those column to be percentage during dataflow and in dataflow the columns are now in percentage type.

However, when link datamart to dataflow, those column autometically become decimal even they are percentage in dataflow already, and I cannot change type during datamart with the below error:

DataflowContainsLinkedComputedEntities ErrorMessageLinked entities can't be modified. Please undo any changes made to the following linked entities and try again: Spending_Combined_Updated_2023_Change Param0Spending_Combined_Updated_2023_Change Activity IDd4c2704b-8a3e-f616-2026-36d1aa27ad87 Request ID79c5693c-e867-7965-8b6f-319ca4e0fb20 Status code400 Error CodeDataflowContainsLinkedComputedEntities

Please kindly help, Thanks in advance.

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lbendlin
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There is no data type "percentage".  It is purely ornamental. 

Data types supported in Analysis Services tabular models | Microsoft Learn

 

Apply your ornamentation on the UI level.

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