Clicking a file:// URL doesn't work

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ChrisBirmele wrote:

My dataset contains a column with a hyperlink to jpg image files (see pic below), but clicking the hyperlink doesn't open the file.  Pasting the same path into a browser or File Explorer works just fine.

 

PS: I am doing all this in PowerBi desktop, haven't published to the service yet.

 

Any idea what I am doing wrong?

 

 

 

 

 

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ChrisBirmele

See the limitation in official blog .

If you want to use file URLs, there are some limitations. They will not open in the Power BI Desktop, only in web browsers. For most browsers, you will need to right click on the link, copy the link address, and paste the URL in a new tab. 

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