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Images not displaying when plotting the column with UNC path, while works to insert directly
Hi Anonymous ,
Here ‘s an image link for your test to make sure the point is not about the version of desktop you used:
If you’d like to add the url link to image, you'll need to save the image file online and link to it. Make sure special credentials aren't required to access the image file. For example, OneDrive and SharePoint require authentication, so images stored there can't be added in this way.
But there’s a solution when you need the image stored in Onerdrive/Sharepoint, please refer to the solved case for details: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Image-viewer-working-for-Web-URL-not-for-One-Drive-or-SharePoint/td-p/469510
If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information or the expected result you expect. Let me know immediately, looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
WinnizIf this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi, I want to follow up on this question. Is that possible to add the images local path to the dataset and display the image in a table using that local path column? For some reasons we are not able to put the images on a public website. But we're able to install and configure the gateway on the image server and wanted to share the images through gateway using the local file path. Will this be a working solution?
Hi Anonymous ,
Try below link to make local images to be shown in a visual:
Import images in Power BI from local sources
Reference Local Image URL in the visual
Best Regards,
Winniz
Thank you Winniz for the response.
I tried the trick in the first post but it ended up with a limiation on the image size so my images are only showing the 20% of the full image from the top. Also, I will need a more dynamic way to build the folder path by refereing to a table or file, because I have my images stored in many different subfolders under a network drive and they keep updating everyday. In this method, it requires to enter a static folder link in the first place which I can't.
For the second post, I'm not sure I understand what it means by "host the folder in which you have images on IIS"? Can you please elaborate more?
Thank you,
Phoebe