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Hello friends,
I have data with accents such as 'é', 'è', 'ê' that I have to integrate into settings (parameters). Report builder does not accept that one has accents and displays me an error message. how could I solve this problem?
Thank you for taking the time to answer me .
ERROR MESSAGE
Query (1, 20) The following syntax error occurred during the analysis: invalid token, line 1, lag 20, é.
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Failed to execute the query for the dataset 'DataSet1'.
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An error occurred during the processing of the report.
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An error occurred during the local processing of the report.
Hi @user83 ,
What is your data source?
Try to convert accented characters into unaccented characters in the data source.
Best regards,
Lionel Chen
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Hi @user83 ,
It is really troublesome to use SQL for conversion.
Converting string with accented characters to non-accented equivalent
Maybe you can try to convert the data set with R in PBI Desktop.
How to convert accented characters to unaccented in R or Power BI
Best regards,
Lionel Chen
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