Which node should I use for data type changes?

[mlauber71]

Indeed it is not recommended to use that Column rename node. We had some complicated discussions about this:

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OK I have a theory of what is going on with the rename node and the changed column types. It seems the rename node stores the information of which type it should assign to a column based on the originating type of the column in question. An integer would have other possibilities to be turned into than a Double. [image] [image] The corresponding numbers are now stored in an XML file “settings.xml” If I would now rename the integer into double and the Double into Fuzzy like this [image] T…