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Error - Formatting Text as Value in Power Query
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Amien Attwood
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October 22, 2018 - 8:02 pm
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I imported a text file (.txt) as a query but cannot format the number values from text to decimal or whole number after I have trimmed the white spaces.  Locale is not working either. It prompts an error that "data cannot be converted to numbers".  How can I get it right?

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Mynda Treacy
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October 23, 2018 - 10:19 am
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Hi Amien,

Sounds like there might be the odd cell that contains text values, not just numbers. Can you share a sample Excel file so we can take a look?

Mynda

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