CSV Export problem
I have several subscriptions and notifications sent out on a regular basis. Some of the users are requesting the data sent in a CSV file rather than being embedded in the email. The problem I am enc...
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Actually, test this one yourself... It has some issues.
I noticed that one single number out of like 50 got converted WRONG. The last 4 digits of the number should have been "5352" and this converted them to be "5350". This is the only number to be changed, it is not even the longest one. So I do not know what is going on here.
If I were you I would search for a way to import columns as text rather than going for a straight conversion. That might be the only way, I'm not sure otherwise. Sorry.
I noticed that one single number out of like 50 got converted WRONG. The last 4 digits of the number should have been "5352" and this converted them to be "5350". This is the only number to be changed, it is not even the longest one. So I do not know what is going on here.
If I were you I would search for a way to import columns as text rather than going for a straight conversion. That might be the only way, I'm not sure otherwise. Sorry.
I should have been more specific, the export data is coming from an Oracle application and the only numbers that are being converted are a 13 digit order number.
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- I bet if you were to open the CSV file in Notepad or similar the numbers would not be in scientific notation. The issue is with Excel. Excel is causing any number over 12 digits to be changed into scientific and their own function for changing it back is not accurate either. The inaccuracy is what worries me here... I only had the one number that was not correct but one number is too many in that situation.
Every solution I see posted says to just convert the numbers in the way I mentioned above or to use a formula in a secondary column to convert it into text, "=CONCATENATE(A1)" in column B. But again the accuracy worries me. After seeing one number be wrong that really shakes my confidence in using Excel at all for converting things. I did see a suggestion that said to format the cells BEFORE you paste the data in and that may work better.
That fix might work if you do it on your computer and then mail the file out, I assume the secondary column would work this way. However some of the fixes may heavily depend on the users Excel settings that opens the file. So it might be impossible to fix without having the users make the change themselves but you will have to test that to be sure.