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mudegowdrp's avatar
mudegowdrp
Helper II
8 years ago
Solved

Retrieve attachment from SharePoint online list

Hello,

 

Please can I know how to import (link) Attachments from Sharepoint list online in Power BI.

 

Thanks

 

  • I'm not sure what you mean. If I use that link format, I can get to any attached picture in SharePoint in my browser. Not sure what you are trying to achieve or how you are trying to access it. If you have the SharePoint as a trusted site, you can use URL's in that format to add images to your Power BI Desktop report. Can you explain your use case?

  • Mallev's avatar
    Mallev
    8 years ago

    I know this is marked as solved, but was one of the first hits on google and did not fit my use case.

    I wanted to add a link to an excel file that was attached to a sharepoint list item.

     

    1. Open the Query Editor and find the column named AttachmentFiles

    2.Expand the table with the double arrow and select ServerRelativeURL. This will give you a new column called AttachmentFiles.ServerRelativeURL

    3. Add a custom column to concat your Sharepoint URL and the Path  like this ="https://mysite.sharepoint.com" & [AttachmentFiles.ServerRelativeUrl]

    4. Save and close the Query Editor

    5. In the data table view, select the custom column you created and in the modeling tab select Data Category:Web URL

    6. Add the custom column to your table visual and in formatting/values select URL Icon true to keep tidy.

     

     

     

     

     

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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    Community Champion

    You can import list items from SharePoint but not attachments to the best of my knowledge, unless you write your own custom connector. If you could get a URL to the attachment itself, maybe. Are you trying to import something like Excel files attached to SharePoint list items?

     

    • mudegowdrp's avatar
      mudegowdrp
      Helper II

      Thank you for responding Greg_Deckler

       

      Yes, I am trying to retrieve image file (.PNG) attached to list items. Its fine if I can attach link to that image file.

       

       

      • Greg_Deckler's avatar
        Greg_Deckler
        Community Champion

        Well, a link to a SharePoint list item attachment has the following format:

         

        https://[site url]/Lists/[List Name]/Attachments/[Item ID]/[File Name]