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lynnma
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1 year ago
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Images Not Showing in Power BI

To Whom It May Concern:   I am pulling images from a directory on our server.  In doing so, I goto Table View in Power BI Desktop, select the column ImageURL, and for Data Category: I make it an Im...
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    Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Thank you for your support Greg_Deckler 

    Hi, lynnma 

    First, you need to make sure that your address is anonymous and accessible. To do this, I simulated your case with a shared folder:

    It's not loadable when we put the url directly into Power BI:

    \\VM1\Users\LJP\Desktop\image\1.jpg

    The solution is to load your shared path into Power BI as a folder:

    Add a custom column:

    "data:image/jpeg;base64," & Binary.ToText([Content],BinaryEncoding.Base64)

     

    Set this column to the Image URL:

     

     

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