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krzysztof
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Helper III

Dynamic selection of PDF file preview

I have 1000 pdf files of reports. The files are named: 20200101 20200102 20200103 etc. Is it possible that I will upload these files to sharepoint, then download them to power bi. In power b and the slicer it will date the filenames. If the user selects 20200314, he should see this pdf for that day. How to do something like that?

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amitchandak
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@krzysztof , You can keep the file name as a column

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Retain-file-name-column-when-using-Folder-as-a-data-source-...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-connect-pdf

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Hi , @krzysztof 

If you mean  previewing  the non-data content in the pdf (such as pictures, etc.), sorry that powerbi does not support it temporarily.

As of now ,powerbi currently only supports importing data  in pdf into reports.

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

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amitchandak
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@krzysztof , You can keep the file name as a column

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Retain-file-name-column-when-using-Folder-as-a-data-source-...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-connect-pdf

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I mean not loading data from pdfa but displaying the entire pdf

Hi , @krzysztof 

If you mean  previewing  the non-data content in the pdf (such as pictures, etc.), sorry that powerbi does not support it temporarily.

As of now ,powerbi currently only supports importing data  in pdf into reports.

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

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