Base64StringToContainer ER function

The BASE64STRINGTOCONTAINER function converts the specified input of the String type to a data item of the Container type.

Syntax

BASE64STRINGTOCONTAINER (input)

Arguments

input: String

The valid path of a data source of the String type.

Return values

Container

The resulting binary value in binary large object (BLOB) format.

Usage notes

The "Parameter is not valid" exception is thrown if the input string doesn't provide a correct Base64 group of binary-to-text encoding schemes.

Example

You define the following data sources in your model mapping:

• The root DocuTypeGroupEnum data source of the Dynamics 365 for Operations / Enumeration type that refers to the DocuTypeGroup application enumeration

• The root Customer data source of the Dynamics 365 for Operations / Table records type that refers to the CustTable application table

• The #Media data source of the Calculated field type that is configured in the following way:

  • It's added as a child data source of the Customer data source.
  • It contains the expression WHERE(@.'<Relations'.'<Documents', @.'<Relations'.'<Documents'.'docuType()'.TypeGroup = DocuTypeGroupEnum.Image).

• The #MediaAsBase64String data source of the Calculated field type that is configured in the following way:

  • It's added as a child data source of the Customer.'#Media' data source.
  • It contains the expression Customer.'#Media'.'getFileContentAsBase64String()'.

• The #BlobFomBase64 data source of the Calculated field type that is configured in the following way:

  • It's added as a child data source of the Customer.'#Media' data source.
  • It contains the expression Base64StringToContainer(Customer.'#Media'.'#MediaAsBase64String')'.

In this example, the #MediaAsBase64String data source encodes the binary content of the current media attachment as text that represents a Base64 group of binary-to-text encoding schemes. The #BlobFomBase64 data source decodes the Base64 string and returns a binary value in BLOB format.

Additional resources

Container functions