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Hi,

Using NAV 2017 we are building some PowerBI reports on the NAV database. The column we need is of data-type binary. How can we convert this column back into readable text (they do contain actual text) so that we can display it in our PowerBI reports?

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    VINAY012 on at
    RE: Convert Binary field to readable text

    e.name(formStr(DimensionDefaultingLookup));

     its not working  showing error

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    [quote user="Former Member"]

    Hi,

    Using NAV 2017 we are building some PowerBI reports on the NAV database. The column we need is of data-type binary. How can we convert this column back into readable text (they do contain actual text) so that we can display it in our PowerBI reports?

    [/quote]
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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Convert Binary field to readable text

    Never mind, Found it already using the text.frombinary function.

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