The Minitab Data Center supports common data types of numeric, text, and date/time.
Numeric data columns can have one of the following types.
Automatic (Numeric)
This default numeric type uses the number of decimals from the source data
table. If you want to change the number of decimals, select the
Decimal type.
Integer
Rounds data values to the nearest integer value.
Decimal
Specify up to 12 decimals.
Currency
Specify the currency symbol and up to 12 decimal places.
Percentage
Specify up to 12 decimal places.
By default, Retain full precision keeps numeric precision. In the
data grid, the numeric value displays as formatted, but the full precision value is
retained to pass to other applications.
Note
If you deselect Retain full precision,
the rounded values are passed to other applications. All numeric precision is
lost.
You can revert to full precision if you undo or delete the corresponding change
data type prep step.
Note
To change a single column's data type, select Change Type from the Data Prep Options dropdown menu. For more information, go to Change column data type. To change several
columns at the same time, select Edit Schema, from the Data Source view. For more information, go to Edit the data set schema.
