topic Changing data type in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Changing-data-type/m-p/143287#M22558 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What is the best way to define a field as a text data type? Instead of it loading in excel as "general" ?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 May 2009 04:12:14 GMT 2009-05-05T04:12:14Z Changing data type https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Changing-data-type/m-p/143287#M22558 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What is the best way to define a field as a text data type? Instead of it loading in excel as "general" ?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 May 2009 04:12:14 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Changing-data-type/m-p/143287#M22558 2009-05-05T04:12:14Z Changing data type https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Changing-data-type/m-p/143288#M22559 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Use the text() function.</P><P>-Rob</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 May 2009 07:32:59 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Changing-data-type/m-p/143288#M22559 rwunderlich 2009-05-05T07:32:59Z