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7 years ago
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Collation Error

I have a Power BI project and I'm using DirectQuery. I'm trying to add a table visual. When I drag the value I want to the table field, it gives me the following error:   Cannot resolve the collati...
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    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Thank you, but I already found a solution without having to change the collation of the table from SQL Server. I did the following:

     

    Create a View of the table you need from SQL Server, but do it like so:

     

    USE [enter_database_name_here]
GO

CREATE VIEW [dbo].[enter_view_name_here]
as
Select [column_name] collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS as new_column_name

from table_name

    Basically just collate all the columns. Now you can import or DirectQuery this view and you'll get the data.

     

    I hope this helps anyone looking for an answer to this problem.

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Anonymous
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7 years ago

Anonymous,

I am afraid that  you would need to ask your SQL Server administrator to change the collation for you. We are unable to solve this issue on Power BI side without changing collation.

Regards,
Lydia

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
7 years ago

Thank you, but I already found a solution without having to change the collation of the table from SQL Server. I did the following:

 

Create a View of the table you need from SQL Server, but do it like so:

 

USE [enter_database_name_here]
GO

CREATE VIEW [dbo].[enter_view_name_here]
as
Select [column_name] collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS as new_column_name

from table_name

Basically just collate all the columns. Now you can import or DirectQuery this view and you'll get the data.

 

I hope this helps anyone looking for an answer to this problem.