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PLEASE HELP – Sharepoint Excel table – Column format issues

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Hello

I have an excel online table hosted on Sharepoint. I have a button that when pressed updates this table based on a collection.

 

This works fine for me when the table is hosted on onedrive, but when hosted on sharepoint I get the following message:

 

“Incompatible type. The column in the data source you’re expecting expects a text type and you’re using a number type.”

 

I have ensured the column is a number type and the message still appears.

 

Please can anyone explain why it is not working in Sharepoint as it works fine in Onedrive.

 

Thanks

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    timl Profile Picture
    37,287 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Hi @SG1990-2 

    Unfortunately, the Excel Online Business connector doesn't support numeric data types. I have a post in the ideas forum that you can vote for here.

     

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Ideas/Excel-Online-Business-Connector-Add-support-for-number-numeric/idi-p/936194

     

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