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# Why Is the New Data Type Not Reflecting in Data Management?

## Problem

The **Data management** section does not reflect newly updated data types for user or event attributes. Segmentation still uses the old data type.

## Solution

Perform the following steps:

1. **Update the data type**: Go to **Settings** > **Data management**, edit the user or event attributes and update the desired new data type.
2. **Send test values**: Update the attribute values for a specific test user to send sample values with the new data type to a test user profile.
3. **Verify reflection**: After MoEngage processes values in the new data type, the updated type will be reflected in the **Data management** dashboard, as well as in Segmentation and throughout the system.

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  * Updating the data type does not change the existing data. For example, if an attribute 'x' is initially set as a string and is updated to numeric, it can store both numeric and string values.
  * This solution applies to both user attributes and event attributes in MoEngage.
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