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Anonymous
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Hyperlink Image instead of URL

Friends

 

I have a table like so in Power BI:

jimmyg706_1-1694443518449.png

Its formatted as a web url :

 

jimmyg706_2-1694443590361.png

 

 

 

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

 

 

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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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Anonymous
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Thanks  @christinepayton    That was the key bit of information. All my issues are now solved.

 

Anonymous
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The Columns is formatted as so:

 

Fig 1

 

URL0.jpg

 

Fig 2

 

URL 1.jpg

 

The Visulisation - Ive tried this on and off but no matter what - I get the full URL.

 

url3.jpg

 

 

 

 

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
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Well this is mindblowing that I cannnot get an ICON to display.

 

Table View:

 

jimmyg706_0-1694452239595.png

Cell Elements:

 

jimmyg706_1-1694452511875.png

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. 

christinepayton
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