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Formatting won't actually change the underlying values in the column I'm afraid.<br />
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What you could try is adding a new column with a simple formula like this:<br />
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=&quot;&quot;&amp;C2<br />
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That will convert numeric values to text and, hopefully, they should be imported into Crystal.
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Formatting won't actually change the underlying values in the column I'm afraid.

What you could try is adding a new column with a simple formula like this:

=""&C2

That will convert numeric values to text and, hopefully, they should be imported into Crystal.

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Dave Stone

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Hello,<br />
I am attempting to pull data from an Excel file. There is a column that has values that start with both alpha and numeric. The report only pulls the data that starts with alpha. I have tried formatting the cells in that column every which way but I can't get the report to return the values that are numeric. I have attached a file as an example of the Excel file I am working with. Any help with this would be appreciated.<br />
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Example_1.xls

Hello,
I am attempting to pull data from an Excel file. There is a column that has values that start with both alpha and numeric. The report only pulls the data that starts with alpha. I have tried formatting the cells in that column every which way but I can't get the report to return the values that are numeric. I have attached a file as an example of the Excel file I am working with. Any help with this would be appreciated.

Crystal Reports 9 - Alpha Numeric and Numeric Data in Same Field not Outputting

Crystal Reports is a business intelligence application from SAP SE. It is used to graphically design data connections and report layouts from a wide range of data sources including Excel spreadsheets, Oracle, SQL Server databases and Access databases, BusinessObjects Enterprise business views, and local file-system information. Report designers can place fields from these sources on the report design surface, and can also deploy them in custom formulas (using either BASIC or Crystal's own syntax), which are then placed on the design surface. Crystal Reports also supports subreports, graphing, and a limited amount of GIS functionality.