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Hello,
Can someone help me with this issue?
I have image as binary type in Power BI Desktop. I applied the steps following https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Image-Binary-Data-to-Image/td-p/1780992 but my image shown as
I wonder what went wrong. Thanks
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Hi @ale259
Please check that whether you change the data category to image url after applying the change in power bi desktop.
And you can refer to the following link.
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/load-image-file-in-power-bi-from-sql-server
Best Regards!
Yolo Zhu
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Hi @ale259
Thanks for your quick reply, Some images may not load because the image is relatively large, so you can consider reducing the size of the image and then try to load it.
Best Regards!
Yolo Zhu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Thank you. I changed the format and now lots of pictures look like it was covered , while some loaded fine. I wonder what was the problem. Thanks
Hi @ale259
Thanks for your quick reply, Some images may not load because the image is relatively large, so you can consider reducing the size of the image and then try to load it.
Best Regards!
Yolo Zhu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi @ale259
Please check that whether you change the data category to image url after applying the change in power bi desktop.
And you can refer to the following link.
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/load-image-file-in-power-bi-from-sql-server
Best Regards!
Yolo Zhu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
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