Can a web URL link be used as an image in a table?

[hobosapien]

I have the URL Icon enabled as seen below, but I'd like to replace the link icon with a custom image instead. Is that possible?

[v-jiewu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @hobosapien @chillpill ,

Based on the description, please try the following method:

Create the sample table.

Then, select the image column and choose Image URL.

What’s more, select the Image in the cell elements and turn on Web URL.

Select fx and set the field.

Select Ok. Click on the image icon and jump to the corresponding web URL page.

You can also view the following document to learn more information.

Add hyperlinks (URLs) to a table or matrix - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards,

Wisdom Wu

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[hobosapien]

Worked beautifully!

[audreygerred]

Hello! Have you set the field to be Image URL? If not, you need to do that. Select the field, then go to Column tools ribbon along the top, then open the drop down for Data category and select Image URL.

Display images in a table, matrix, or slicer in a report - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

[hobosapien]

I want this in reverse - I want it to be any URL I designate (for example: www.msn.com) but show an image as the link vs the URL icon or the URL itself. Is that a possibility?

[audreygerred]

Hello - that is what the article I sent explains (with considerations to keep in mind) - showing your link as an image.

This won't work with www.msn.com or anything like that because of the considerations, however, you could create images and have them appear next to the link to the actual site. 

For example, for MSN, you can have the www.msn.com appear as the hyperlink icon, then in another field display the logo linked to the image: assets.msn.com/staticsb/statics/latest/icons-wc/icons/MSNButterfly.svg

[chillpill]

An image URL is just a picture from an URL - if I click the image it will take me to the image URL itself, ie www.fakeurl.com/image.jpg. What I am gathering from you is that it is not possible to display an image as a link and have it go to a link I want, but can only go to the URL of the image itself. 

[audreygerred]

Yes, that is why I am suggesting having both - an image url that will display the image you want the user to be able to see and then the hyperlink icon that will actually take them to the site you want.

[chillpill]

Ok thank you!