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Decimal Point added automatically

RMojsiak
8 - Asteroid

Hello everybody,

 

I import multiple xlsx files and for a column, in which I have numbers or letters and digits combinations, sometimes Alteryx will import the number with a decimal point, which isn't in the raw file. For example, in the file, I have 38012011800022200000, but Alteryx imports it as RMojsiak_0-1643961614968.png

 

I tried formating the original file in Excel and to use formulas in Alteryx (ToString, ToNumber), but had no luck.

 

Does anybody else have this problem?

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atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @RMojsiak 

 

Convert to fixed decimal like.

 

Workflow:

atcodedog05_0-1643962010740.png

 

Hope this helps : )

 

RMojsiak
8 - Asteroid

Forgot to mention, but I tried that and it comes back as NULL (after filtering out all the rows that have letters).

atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @RMojsiak 

 

Can you share sample data and tell us what you are trying to do.

 

Happy to help : )

RMojsiak
8 - Asteroid

I need to join these values with a database and take some information from there. Considering that Alteryx is changing the value, I cannot do that...

atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @RMojsiak 

 

Try this

 

atcodedog05_0-1643963881505.png

 

Hope this helps : )

 

RMojsiak
8 - Asteroid

It doesn't seem to be the same number as the input one.

38012011800022196224.00000000000000000000

38012011800022200000

I have a different number of digits so I cannot trim it and add the zeroes.

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