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When entering a dimension value in a family table, Excel warning window (Validation failed) pops up and says "double value required". What is a double value? Why does a dimension need a double value? Why is it required by excel? How to bypass this warning message?
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Found the culprit: conflicting family tables with the same name/reference. Deleted the idx-file and the warnings stopped appearing.
Still no idea what the double value means
Found the culprit: conflicting family tables with the same name/reference. Deleted the idx-file and the warnings stopped appearing.
Still no idea what the double value means
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Just a guess, but generally speaking there are "float" variable types that represent real numbers with 32 bits. A "double" real number representation has twice the number of bits (64), higher precision, and can cover a larger range of values. Something in the data you were originally dealing with must have been considered "illegal" by Excel for it to convert to/from a double value.