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Elichka
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Resolver I

How to convert clob field to string?

Hello, we are using Life connection to PBI desktop. I need to take part of the string from the clob field. Oracle query is using dbms_lob.substr. Couldn't find any solutions of how to accomplish that. Any help is greatly appreciate. Thanks!

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Elichka
Resolver I
Resolver I

Thanks, Is anyway i can convert clob to string via power bi?

Only with Power Query, not with DAX.

lbendlin
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Super User

Live connection? To where?  Or did you mean Direct Query?

Hello,

Thanks for the quick respond! on the bottom of my report - Connected Life to the Power bi dataset, thanks

 

So you are live connecting to a Power BI Semantic Model which in turn connects to an Oracle data source which includes a clob field?

 

In that  case the Power Query of that Semantic model needs to transform the clob field into a data type that is understood by Power BI.

 

DAX Data types – DAX Guide

 

Note that "Binary"  is not something DAX actually understands.

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