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ale259
Helper I
Helper I

Chainging Image Binary form to image to PowerBI

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 

ale259_0-1716411101678.png

I wonder what went wrong. Thanks

 

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Anonymous
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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.

vxinruzhumsft_0-1716443192002.png

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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Anonymous
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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.

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ale259
Helper I
Helper I

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

ale259_0-1716487431243.png

 

Anonymous
Not applicable

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.

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @ale259 

Please check that whether  you change the data category to image url after applying the change in power bi desktop.

vxinruzhumsft_0-1716443192002.png

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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