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Posted on by ckserra33 421

Hi everyone.

 

Both myself and my data engineer are very new to Dataverse.  We currently have a handful of tables being generated from the dataflow from SQL into DV, but a few numeric columns are incorrectly set to Text.  From my research I cannot change the column type after its created, but is there a way to reference the column that is incorrect, and create a new column that shows the integer version of the text?

 

For instance

TextColumn                 NumColumn

10                                 10

20                                 20

30                                 30

 

NumColumn does not exist and I would want to create it If this is possible.

 

Thank you!

Chris

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  • AhmedSalih Profile Picture
    AhmedSalih 6,680 Moderator on at

    @ckserra33, I usually create the Dataverse table first then setup the Dataflows from SQL to load the data into existing table, then map the columns. When you create the Dataverse first, make sure the columns are in the right datatypes. 

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    Drew Poggemann Profile Picture
    Drew Poggemann 9,287 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @ckserra33 ,

     

    There is no way to utilize a calculated column to take the Text value and show as a numeric value, sorry.  You will have to create the new column, export the current data to Excel and then populate the new column and re-import (at least this is one option).  Of course then modify your dataflow to point to the new column.

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