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Why am I getting this error?
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An error occurred in the ‘GetWorkItemIds’ query. Expression.Error: We cannot apply field access to the type Binary.
Details:
Value=[Binary]
Key=workItems
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let
GetWorkItemIds = () =>
let
Source = Web.Contents("https://genericwebsite.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/project/_apis/wit/wiql/704eb4c2-2776-4c66-..."),
workItems = Source[workItems],
#"Converted to Table" = Table.FromList(workItems, Splitter.SplitByNothing(), null, null, ExtraValues.Error),
#"Expand Ids" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Converted to Table", "Column1", {"id"}, {"Work Item Id"})
in
#"Expand Ids"
in
GetWorkItemIds
Hi @Anonymous ,
From your description, it looks like there may be a data type error.
What is your workItems?
Please check if your M code and data source have any conflicts.
Best Regards,
Jianbo Li
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