Friends I have a table like so in Power BI:Its formatted as a web url : Is there an option where I can just have a little image of a link rather than the full url which is taking up vital space in PBI Service as its a bit of a lengthy URL. Comments welcome Jimmy

Change it to "web URL" category and try again. It needs to be categorized for Power BI to fully recognize that it's a URL.

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christinepayton
Most Valuable Professional
2 years ago
Yep, it's a toggle in the visual settings: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/power-bi-hyperlinks-in-tables?tabs=powerbi-desktop
Anonymous
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2 years ago
Well this is mindblowing that I cannnot get an ICON to display.

Table View:

Cell Elements:
- christinepayton
  Most Valuable Professional
  2 years ago
  Did you toggle the icon on in the URL icon settings? I don't see that part in your screenshots. Also make sure that the data category is set in the column categorization setting.
Anonymous
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2 years ago
The Columns is formatted as so:

Fig 1

Fig 2

The Visulisation - Ive tried this on and off but no matter what - I get the full URL.
- christinepayton
  Most Valuable Professional
  2 years ago
  Change it to "web URL" category and try again. It needs to be categorized for Power BI to fully recognize that it's a URL.
Anonymous
Not applicable
2 years ago
Thanks christinepayton That was the key bit of information. All my issues are now solved.