Problem with import of excel file

LeMarcLeMarc MemberPosts:72Contributor II
edited June 2020 inHelp
Hello,

I tried to import data from an excel file. However theres always an error message which says

"Failed to parse the content in column 'sales':
Cause: unpearsable real numbers:"-" "

Within the feature sale there are some values of 0.

Does anyone have a suggestion how to solve?

Thank you!

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Answers

  • sara20sara20 MemberPosts:110Unicorn
    @LeMark,
    Hello

    Could you please take an screenshot from "sales"?

    LeMarc
  • MartinLiebigMartinLiebig Administrator, Moderator, Employee, RapidMiner Certified Analyst, RapidMiner Certified Expert, University ProfessorPosts:3,389RM Data Scientist
    seems like some of your "numbers" are rather something like 1-2?

    I would recommend to use "read all columns as polynominal" option and parse the numbers later.

    Best,
    Martin
    - Head of Data Science Services at RapidMiner -
    Dortmund, Germany
    LeMarc Pavithra_Rao
  • LeMarcLeMarc MemberPosts:72Contributor II
    Hi, problem is solved. I changed the format of column sales. Thanks!
  • Telcontar120Telcontar120 Moderator, RapidMiner Certified Analyst, RapidMiner Certified Expert, MemberPosts:1,635Unicorn
    You may also have missing values or zero value represented by the hyphen "-" in which case you can use declare missing value or replace operator to solve that problem.

    Brian T.
    Lindon Ventures
    Data Science Consulting from Certified RapidMiner Experts
    LeMarc MartinLiebig
  • LeMarcLeMarc MemberPosts:72Contributor II
    @Telcontar120Thanks for the hint!
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