Images Not Showing in Power BI

[lynnma]

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 Image URL.  I pull many images, however, none of them are displaying.  Now, I can take one of the images stored in the directory, and, insert it, like one would do in Outlook Email, and the picture displays just fine.  I am not able to post screen shots, as I work in the Medical Field and it would be a HIPPA violation/Privacy Violation. 

Please provide solutions or options feedback.

Very Appreciative,

Mark Lynn.

[Greg_Deckler]

@lynnma What visual are you using to display the images?

[lynnma]

I have tried using a Table, Card, Sample Image (Free Visual Downloaded), Advance Card (Free Visual Downloaded), and Image Pro By CloudScope (Free Visual Downloaded) and none worked.  Thank you for asking. Thoughts?

[Greg_Deckler]

@lynnma First things first, can you open the attached PBIX (below sig) and ensure that you can see the red image?

[lynnma]

Thank you for the attachment, yes, I have downloaded it, opened it, and I am able to see the 'Red' Image. Thank You.  What's next?

[Greg_Deckler]

@lynnma Well, then can you modify the Enter Data query and paste in one of your image links, close and apply and then does it show up? If not, do you get a borken image link or ? I would add your URL as a second row in the Enter Data query.

The only thing I can think of at the moment is that for some reason your URL is not in the right format or is not accessible from Power BI Desktop for some reason. Can you provide a little bit of detail about your image URL's, do they start with http or https ?

[lynnma]

Thank you for the feedback.  "I am pulling images from a directory on our server. "  Therefore, its not http or https.  It starts with \\'ServerName'\'Home'\Pictures

[Greg_Deckler]

@lynnma Yeah, that's not gonna work. You'll have to import the actual binary data in that case or make those images available via a URL. I doubt a file: URL is going to work but you could give it a try.

[v-jianpeng-msft · Accepted solution]

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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If it does not help, please provide more details with your desired output and pbix file without privacy information (or some sample data) .

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Jianpeng Li

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[lynnma]

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I will hit the "Accept as Solution" after I send this reply! Again, Thank You!

Very Appreciative,

Mark Lynn.

[lynnma]

I fogot to mention, the images are in jpg formate.  However, I tried jpeg, bmp, and png, all of which made no difference.  

Thank You.