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Power BI will sample the top few hundred rows of data to infer the data type of each column, but it doesn’t always get it right. You can use the Data Type option in the ribbon on the Home Tab to change the Data Type for a column, as demonstrated in this video.

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Microsoft Power BI: Advanced Data Analysis and Visualisation

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