Convert record to text in power BI

[Anonymous]

Hi Team,

Source table:

Rno	Details
1	{​​​​ {​​​​   "Internal": {​​​​     "@xmlns:xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema",     "@xmlns:xsi": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance",     "SubscriptionId": "b",     "ResourceGroupName": "c",     "ServerName": "d",     "ApplicationName": "PostgreSQL",     "PowerOperationType": "S",     "ServerEntityId": "5",     "VirtualMachineEntityId": "5"   }​​​​ }​​​​
2	{​​​​   "Internal": {​​​​     "@xmlns:xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema",     "@xmlns:xsi": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance",     "SubscriptionId": "b",     "ResourceGroupName": "cf",     "ServerName": "d",     "ApplicationName": "PostgreSQL",     "PowerOperationType": "S",     "ServerEntityId": "5",     "VirtualMachineEntityId": "5"   }​​​​ }​​​​

When i load these table in to power bi , the values are showing like below , It is showing as record in details ciolumn Instead of showing original values

Rno	Details
1	Record
2	Record
3	Record

I want to show the same value and pattern given by in source table instead of showing record. Can you please help me out on this ?

Thanks,

v

[Jimmy801 · Accepted solution]

Hello @Anonymous 

this data is a json, and probably you get this from the data source. So to convert back a Reccord to a Json.File, you have to use Json.FromValue and Text.FromBinary. Here a practical example

let
    JsonRecord =Json.Document("{
  ""Internal"": {
    ""@xmlns:xsd"": ""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"",
    ""@xmlns:xsi"": ""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"",
    ""SubscriptionId"": ""b"",
    ""ResourceGroupName"": ""cf"",
    ""ServerName"": ""d"",
    ""ApplicationName"": ""PostgreSQL"",
    ""PowerOperationType"": ""S"",
    ""ServerEntityId"": ""5"",
    ""VirtualMachineEntityId"": ""5""
  }
}
"),
JsonOutput = Json.FromValue(JsonRecord),
Text = Text.FromBinary(JsonOutput)
in
    Text

you could transform this query into a function that takes Json-Record and apply to a new column and using the record-column as input.

Copy paste this code to the advanced editor in a new blank query to see how the solution works.

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Have fun

Jimmy

[skythe83]

Thanks for the solution!

I simplified it by just adding a custom column with the following code:

Text.FromBinary(Json.FromValue([JSON]))

Where "JSON" is the name of the column containing the json Records.

[HoboHarasser]

Thanks a lot for the solution. This worked like a charm. However, if you only need one specific value from the JSON, all you need to do is to add the specific subvalue.

For instance, let's assume you have a record column named "ColumnName". It contains a subvalue called "Title". Hence, you need to add "Title" right after "ColumnName"

Text.FromBinary(Json.FromValue([ColumnName][Title]))