topic How to avoid excel automatic data formatting when loading from excel plugin in Warehousing & Analytics https://community.databricks.com/t5/warehousing-analytics/how-to-avoid-excel-automatic-data-formatting-when-loading-from/m-p/158259#M2611 <P><SPAN>Excel suddenly started automatically formatting data (convert everything to text) when loading from the new Azure Databricks Excel plug-in. I can still see my default formatting in the Databricks sideload.&nbsp; Just wondering if this behaviour was caused by some recent Excel update or&nbsp;Azure Databricks plug-in update.</SPAN></P> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:36:30 GMT weerasa 2026-06-03T22:36:30Z How to avoid excel automatic data formatting when loading from excel plugin https://community.databricks.com/t5/warehousing-analytics/how-to-avoid-excel-automatic-data-formatting-when-loading-from/m-p/158259#M2611 <P><SPAN>Excel suddenly started automatically formatting data (convert everything to text) when loading from the new Azure Databricks Excel plug-in. I can still see my default formatting in the Databricks sideload.&nbsp; Just wondering if this behaviour was caused by some recent Excel update or&nbsp;Azure Databricks plug-in update.</SPAN></P> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:36:30 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/warehousing-analytics/how-to-avoid-excel-automatic-data-formatting-when-loading-from/m-p/158259#M2611 weerasa 2026-06-03T22:36:30Z