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# Configure View to Embed Images

By default, the View service converts any images to links when it converts a document to HTML. When your browser displays the HTML document, it retrieves the image by accessing the link in a subsequent request. Alternatively, you can configure the View service to embed each image as base64-encoded data in the HTML output.

Embedding the images in this way means that View must process only a single action for the entire document, rather than processing the subsequent requests for images. This process means that you can use a load balancer to process `View` requests, without having to ensure that the image requests go to the correct View component.

To configure View to embed images

1. Open the View component configuration file in a text editor.

2. In the `[Viewing]` section, set `EmbedImages` to `True`. For example:

       EmbedImages=True

3. Save and close the configuration file.

4. Restart the View component for your changes to take effect.

You can override the `EmbedImages` configuration parameter for an individual `View` action by using the `EmbedImages` action parameter. This action parameter uses the configuration setting as its default value.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Category Component 26.1

Topic Title: Configure View to Embed Images