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Helper VURL link and icon not working
Hi all,
I have table with 2 kind of URL (pic below)
1- http - https://www.ynet.co.il/home/0,7340,L-8,00.html
2- file - file://ServerName/FolderPath/FileName.pdf
the 1st (http) working perfect from PBI servise & desktopn
the 2nd is not. I managed only:
right click -
copy link address -
paste in the url bar
and than the pdf is open.
I wish that the file icon will be click able (understood from documentationthat is should work)
and now with picture 🙂
inv column(file) not cleckable
ynet column (http) clickable
Many thanks for your support!
See the limitation in official blog in the May 2017 update:
If you want to use file URLs, there are some limitations. They will not open in the Power BI Desktop, only in web browsers. For most browsers, you will need to right click on the link, copy the link address, and paste the URL in a new tab.
This issue has been raised by others as ideas, you could vote and comment idea here, so this feature can be add to Power Bi asap: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/33366481-open-local-files-file-directly-by-click-on-ur
Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
3 Replies
- amitchandak
Super User
nirrobi , not very clear, have you marked that a url field
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/power-bi-hyperlinks-in-tables
nirrobiThanks for your prompt reply.
Yes I marked the url field.
I will try again 🙂
I have a problem that url filed that start with file (support by documentation) is not clickable.
e.g.
file://ServerName/FolderPath/FileName.pdf
See the limitation in official blog in the May 2017 update:
If you want to use file URLs, there are some limitations. They will not open in the Power BI Desktop, only in web browsers. For most browsers, you will need to right click on the link, copy the link address, and paste the URL in a new tab.
This issue has been raised by others as ideas, you could vote and comment idea here, so this feature can be add to Power Bi asap: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/33366481-open-local-files-file-directly-by-click-on-ur
Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
