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## Overview

Data Converters manipulate the data returned from the database in order to transform it to something that suits your report requirements. There are a range of converters and purposes for these.

![image](media://10a39636-053c-401d-82af-3a368bdb5fc1)

For example, for text fields this can let you convert a text field such as a blob into a geometry type field. This is used where a data base does not natively support GIS columns but the data exists. Yellowfin will convert the text to enable use for GIS visualisation.  


> See [GIS Maps](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/user80/pages/1540506) for more information on how to use the WKT Geometry Converter.