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amiskow
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Excel data file from SQL

I have a query from sql database (direct)

One of the columns is an Excel file (see photo)

Is it possible to load the data of these files?photo.png

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PhilipTreacy
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Hi @amiskow 

Yes, click on the double down arrow in the column header 

expand-files.png

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PhilipTreacy
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Hi @amiskow 

Yes, click on the double down arrow in the column header 

expand-files.png

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Hi, @PhilipTreacy 

I need to use this column in Desktop, but can't see it (see image)

photo2.png

As @PhilipTreacy  replied, you first need to combine the binaries in the column.  You can do this by either hitting the double arrows, or by adding a custom column and use the Excel.Workbook() function on the column of binaries.  This would expose all the sheets, tables, etc. in each workbook and you could filter/expand from there. Once all the data are expanded, you can then load the table and see the columns on the report page.

Regards,

Pat





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