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(@deon-bouwer)
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I am following the below video and trying to do the whole exercise by myself. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McLQ3gEGbHQ&lc=Ugw9AoeEViYfhGVI0HZ4AaABAg.A1CJW38XDsVA1TpC3kLhwZ

I am a little stuck on changing the discount column to percentage. I tried different options while in the powerquery window to convert it to decimal or a number but the same error ("we couldn't convert to number") appeared. 

I have not attempted to change the CSV file directly as this is a comma-delimited file and everything should be done as shown on the video. 

I will appreciate your help as I have spent some time to figure this out and not winning. I am very determined to get it right on my own.

I am using Excel version 2403 (365) on Windows 11. 

Hope to hear from you soon. 

 
Posted : 28/03/2024 3:57 am
(@deon-bouwer)
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Just adding the error page in the forum as it seems not uploaded at first.

 
Posted : 28/03/2024 3:59 am
Riny van Eekelen
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The error message did not come through. Please try again.

 
Posted : 28/03/2024 5:43 am
(@debaser)
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It might also be useful to know your regional settings in case it's an issue with the decimal point.

 
Posted : 28/03/2024 7:33 am
(@deon-bouwer)
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I had a look at my Windows regional settings and changed the commna to dot as you were right on this. I went back to the sheet and tried again using both percentage and locale and it seems I am still getting the error. I double check the CSV files as they are all have dots in their discounts column.Excel_PQ_Error-1.jpg

 
Posted : 29/03/2024 5:38 am
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