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I have an image url for the photo of an user_id that opens normally on my dashboard on powerbi desktop:
when I open it on my PowerBI service, the image embed gets broken:
Does anyone know why this happens?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Power BI Service shows images only if the URL is HTTPS + publicly accessible and the column is set as Image URL. Desktop can load local/intranet links, Service cannot.
Power BI Service shows images only if the URL is HTTPS + publicly accessible and the column is set as Image URL. Desktop can load local/intranet links, Service cannot.
Hi @EugenioProlog ,
Seems like a lot of people run into this issue. One thing you can try is to display the image using the HTML Content visual:
https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/power-bi-visuals/WA200001930
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