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dedelman_clng
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2 years ago
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Cannot convert type Binary to type Text - Text.ToBinary

  I am getting the above error message on this piece of PowerQuery code     body = Text.ToBinary(Json.FromValue([login_id = client_id, security_key = client_secret]))     client_id and...
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    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    That's because JSON.FromValue outputs a binary type, which you are then wrapping in Text.ToBinary. So you are now feeding the Text.ToBinary function an already binary value (the JSON.FromValue). PQ is saying " this value is not text".

     

    --Nate