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Audio email attachments
Hello all,
I recently realized we can connect to Microsoft Exchange to pull data from our emails. We have a specific mailbox setup for attendance tracking and there's always an audio attachment (either wma or mp3). I'd like to be able to play that audio in power bi (either through an html viewer, as i've seen for a workaround, or just opening the attachment as a link).
I suspect the easiest way is to just open the attachment as a link in a web browser. I imagine I should be able to use the Id field to create that link, but i'm not sure how to do so.
I'm sure the harder way is to use the AttachmentContent field (which is binary) and "build" the audio file from scratch.
I'm not sure what my options are, but I'd appreciate any guidance provided.
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- AlexisOlsonSuper User
This isn't really something Power BI is designed to do, so I doubt there's a better solution than the HTML Viewer approach you mentioned.
Prior thread covering the HTML method:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Embed-audio-in-Power-BI-report-from-OneDrive-or-Sharepoint/td-p/715945