Change Data Type

[rosc...@gmail.com]

Data illustrator is not accepting my percentage data in either format - decimal or as a percentage. The application either reads the data in as text/categorical data which I am unable to adjust via the "data type" manually in app, or converts the data points to dates. 

I only have historical data so I cannot read in the original numbers, only percentages. I was able to get around the issues by changing all of my data into whole numbers and labeled them as percentages, but an issue to look into.

Best,

Jennifer

[John Thompson]

Hi Jennifer, thank you for reporting this issue! We will definitely look into it.

Just to clarify, the percentage data is formatted in the following way: ##.#% (e.g. 76.8%)? Or is it a different percentage format than that?

Thanks for your help,

John Thompson

[mesquit...@gmail.com]

I am having the same problem, can't convert my percentages into numbers:

I've tried to change it but I did not succeed yet. Any additional tips? Thanks a lot.

[John Thompson]

Hi,

Currently Data Illustrator uses a second party tool for processing data and recognizing data types. We are working to find a fix for this issue. In the mean time, I would recommend converting the percentage column of your data to be a decimal number (i.e remove the "%" symbol) - please let us know if you continue to have issues.

- John Thompson