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5 years ago

How to ensure correct encoding when importing parquet files into Power BI

Is there anybody that knows how to ensure UTF-8 encoding when reading parquet files into Power BI? I have trouble reading the Danish letters æ, ø and å, when importing parquet files into Power BI. Th...
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5 years ago

Hi v-kelly-msft 

Yes, that works. But my question is more related to reading parquet files directly into PBI, and thereby avoiding a synapse ressource. 

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    5 years ago

    Hi v-kelly-msft 

    Thank you for your answers. However, this guide doesn't help with changing the encoding in order to keep the Danish letters, which is my problem. 
    I have no problem reading the actual data into PBI. However, I have trouble with encoding. 


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      v-kelly-msft
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      5 years ago

      Hi  Anonymous ,

       

      Sorry for the late reply.

      Below is the reference about encoding of UTF-8:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8

       



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      Kelly

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