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zimme063's avatar
zimme063
Regular Visitor
9 years ago

Uploading Hyperlink

I am trying to upload a hyperlink by scraping a HTML site.  I can do this in Excel using Full HTML Formatting option. When I try to do this in PowerBI, I simply get a text of the hyperlink "name" and not the path.  Any suggestions on how to upload the path?

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  • deldersveld's avatar
    deldersveld
    Resident Rockstar
    9 years ago

    I do not know what you mean by "upload" a hyperlink, but try going to the Modeling tab and changing the Data Category for the relevant field to Web URL.

  • zimme063's avatar
    zimme063
    Regular Visitor
    9 years ago

    Let me provide example for clarification:

     

    let
        Source = Web.Page(Web.Contents("http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/index.asp")),
        Data0 = Source{0}[Data],
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Data0,{{"Roll", Int64.Type}, {"Date", type date}, {"Issue", type text}, {"Question", type text}, {"Result", type text}, {"Title/Description", type text}})
    in
        #"Changed Type"

     

    The "Issue" values have hyperlinks (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/index.asp), but come through as text and the link is lost.