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Convert the output columns from "Text" to "General" format

maaz
6 - Meteoroid

Hello,

 

My output to excel from designer has columns that includes both text and numbers in this manner:

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The format of this is "text" which I want to convert to General, please guide!

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mceleavey
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @maaz ,

 

@patrick_mcauliffe addressed this question in THIS post.

This should allow you to specify the format in Excel, however this is a limitation of Excel and not Alteryx, so you will probably need to set up a template in Excel specifying the type.

 

M.



Bulien

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