Pictures not displaying in Published Power B

[Garbo62]

Hi

When i publish a Power BI with images of Buildings all i get is a box, see screen shot below

But if I copy the link in the box of the published Power BI it open the image no problem, so link is good. What have I misssed

[Garbo62 · Accepted solution]

Thanks, It is not a public site, but I have shared the location. and the links behind the published image works, just the image is not displayed. I decided to rebuild the images in Base 64 which works. But Thanks anyway

[grazitti_sapna]

Hi @Garbo62 

Why It's Happening:
1. Power BI service (published version) can't authenticate to SharePoint to fetch the image.
2. The image is served via a redirecting SharePoint URL which isn't a direct image file link and often requires login/authentication.


How to Fix It
Store images in a publicly accessible location
Use one of the following:

• Azure Blob Storage (anonymous access enabled)
• A public web server with direct image links

Then:

• Use the "Image URL" data category in Power BI for that field.

• Power BI can render images from truly public, direct links.

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[ajaybabuinturi]

Hi @Garbo62,
Makesure the Image url column data categorey should be Image URL

Thanks,
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[jgeddes]

Images cannot require credentials to access. 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/service-dashboard-add-widget