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user83
Helper II
Helper II

microsoft report builder SSRS

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.

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v-lionel-msft
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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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Hello @v-lionel-msft ,

Thank you for your answer.

can't convert all of data from database.

Greetings

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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