Dan English on 27 Mar 2015 03:48:52
I was all excited today that I was finally able to get images (binary) files loaded into my power query in the Power BI Designer. This took a bit getting around the Privacy settings and bugs, but the latest release of the Power BI Designer made it possible. Unfortunately now that I have the binary data and images available in my model I can't do anything with them:'( I want to use them like I can in Power View for Tile By and Datacards... Help!!!
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RE: Data Model Image (Binary) Support in Reports
8 years and this still has not been added. Really disappointing.
RE: Data Model Image (Binary) Support in Reports
To reiterate from another comment, DataVault methodology uses hash keys, i.e., binary data type as a PK identifier. That PowerBI lacks the ability to relate these binary hash keys as PK columns is a glaring shortcoming of this product and needs to be remedied asap.
RE: Data Model Image (Binary) Support in Reports
Seriously , not yet an option ???
RE: Data Model Image (Binary) Support in Reports
If you are using DataVault, you really need to use the hash concept which would likle require varbinary for efficient storage.
RE: Data Model Image (Binary) Support in Reports
How can we see PowerBI as a state of the art alternative when binary data is still an issue? Fix this!
RE: Data Model Image (Binary) Support in Reports
NEEDED STILL - 2021
PowerBI is not DataVault Friendly. We are using Binary(64) values produced by SQL HashBytes('SHA2_512') as table primary and relational keys. These columns are not allowed for linking in PowerBI. Back to the drawing board.
RE: Data Model Image (Binary) Support in Reports
Seriously , not yet an option ???
RE: Data Model Image (Binary) Support in Reports
This is really critical for image blobs. I have a case where employee pictures are stored in a database and I cannot use these on dashboard, which is just plain brain dead.
RE: Data Model Image (Binary) Support in Reports
This would be very nice in power bi
RE: Data Model Image (Binary) Support in Reports
Такая же проблема друзьяшки. Прошу исправить...