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Vince21
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Power BI Datamart - VARCHAR Length

‎05-14-2023 11:34 PM

Hi,

 

I'm testing the Power BI DataMart feature, and I have a question regarding varchar lengths.

When connecting to my DataMart with SQL Server Management Studio, I can notice that all text columns have a NVARCHAR datatype, and a specific length. How is this length defined by Power BI ? Is it possible to specify our own value ?

 

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I noticed some "truncation" failure when trying to read data with SSIS from these DataMarts. I need to recreate the DataMart from scrach to be able to reset the length.

 

Kr,

 

Vincent

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Vince21
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‎06-27-2023 03:38 AM

Hello,

 

I would like to have some feedback on this please.

 

Can someone help ?

 

Vince

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GautierDumont
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‎06-12-2023 01:50 AM

Having the same issue. It is really annoying

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