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Michele Marco Schiavon
May 22, 2017Copper Contributor
Understand format of a value
Hi, I get the file attached from an add-in excel program. I'm getting crazy trying to figure it out how the values in the yellow titled column are. Apparently they are in text format, cause when ...
- May 23, 2017
Hi Michelle
You need to click on on a cell in the [.Locationinitiative] column before applying the values filter.
That's the most granular level to filter out 0s
Michele Marco Schiavon
May 23, 2017Copper Contributor
Hi Wyn, thanks for your reply. I know it's a text "-" instead of 0. I left the original extraction. Normally I apply the formula "N" for all the value to convert them into numbers. With find and replace sometimes it takes too much time if there are lots of columns and raws.
This solution allow me to create the pivot table with "sum" for value as default. But still I cannot filter those data...
This solution allow me to create the pivot table with "sum" for value as default. But still I cannot filter those data...
Wyn Hopkins
May 23, 2017MVP
Hi Michelle
You need to click on on a cell in the [.Locationinitiative] column before applying the values filter.
That's the most granular level to filter out 0s
- Michele Marco SchiavonMay 25, 2017Copper Contributoroh come on....was it that simple?!!??
😱 :(
Thanks a lot for your help!!- Fred HoerrAug 24, 2018Copper ContributorNot working for me. I cannot change the data from text to number. Performs counts only.
- Wyn HopkinsMay 25, 2017MVPNo problem, could you mark as answered if that has solved your problem
Thanks
Wyn