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Marcex1
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Converting Binary datas

Hi,

 

I 'm going to convert binary datas from the querie shown below:

Can you please help me doing it?

Untitled.jpgThank you in advance,

Marcello

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @Marcex1,

 

Which type of files you stored in these column with binary types?
If they are particular file type(e.g. excel, xml, csv...), you can try to add a custom column to use specific connectors to get these file contents.

 

For example: 

Use excel connector to get data from binary workbooks:

Excel.Workbook

Load images, and other Binary-typed data, into the Data Model

 

Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng

Hello @Anonymous,

 

thank you for your reply . I would like to convert it directly inside powerBI and not using a connector , it is possible?

 

Regards,

 

Marcello

Anonymous
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Hi @Marcex1,

 

Maybe you can try to convert them to text, it is hard to decode binary data without clearly file type and connector.

Text.FromBinary

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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