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Anonymous
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6 years ago

How to get encrypted data from datasource to Power Bi Desktop

Hi All,

 

I have a SQL Server Datasource in which few of my data is encrypted for eg. Person salary column. Now i want to get these data in my PowerBi dasktop to create a report. Right now when i am connecting the data it is showing Binary.

 

Please let me know how can i get the data in desktop in decryted form.

 

Thanks. 

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  • d_gosbell's avatar
    d_gosbell
    Super User
    6 years ago

    It depends on how the data was encrypted. If you used the EncryptByKey function in T-SQL you could use the matching DecryptByKey function in a view or select statement to decrypt the data.