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SaratNitturi
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Hyperlink column in Excel but does not get into PowerBI

I have excel file which has a column "File link" has hyperlink. But when importing it into the powerbi i am unable to see it as hyperlink column. 

In Excel

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How can i make the same way in PowerBI

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Please help me out

Thank you in advance.

 

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SaratNitturi
Frequent Visitor

i changed it
thank you
But the hyperlink is not highlighted in the table visual

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Still it is not highlighted

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SaratNitturi
Frequent Visitor

Hi @chonchar 
thanks for the response
i do not find that URL datatype in the query editor
is there any other way to retain hyperlink as is in powerbi

chonchar
Helper V
Helper V

Hi,

In the transform data tab, change the data type to "URL." Maybe that will work. 

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