Calculating length of a number field

Hello,
I have a DESKI report containing a column named 'Mobile number', which is a numeric field. I want to calculate the lenght of the mobile number. However, since it is a numeric field (in the universe itself), I cannot use the 'Length' fuction, since the 'Length' function can only be used on characters. Neither there is any function like 'ToText' in DESKI, which can be used to convert numeric values to text. Thus, any suggestion for achieving the above described requirement, would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards,
Alok.

This works for me:
Create a dimension variable called ToString which converts the telephone number to a string:
=<Telephone Number> + ""
Create another variable which retrieves the length of this new string dimension:
=Length(<ToString>)
Cheers,
Fritz

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