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AlexDXCC
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Hi,

 

I have a report on Power BI Service, with Excel on OneDrive as database.
The Excel has a column that is a hyperlink, this column is correctly formated on excel, but if I activate the "URL Icon" it doesn't appear.
In Power BI Desktop you can change the data type to hyperlink, but this option is not available on Power BI Service.

Is there any way to do it?

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v-yueyunzh-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi , @AlexDXCC 

You can format a field with URLs as hyperlinks in Power BI Desktop, but not in the Power BI service. 

For more information, you can refer to :

Add hyperlinks (URLs) to a table or matrix - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

And URLS must start with certain prefixes.

  • http
  • https
  • mailto
  • ftp
  • news
  • telnet

 

For more information, you can refer to :

Add hyperlinks (URLs) to a table or matrix - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

Best Regards,

Aniya Zhang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

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v-yueyunzh-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi , @AlexDXCC 

You can format a field with URLs as hyperlinks in Power BI Desktop, but not in the Power BI service. 

For more information, you can refer to :

Add hyperlinks (URLs) to a table or matrix - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

And URLS must start with certain prefixes.

  • http
  • https
  • mailto
  • ftp
  • news
  • telnet

 

For more information, you can refer to :

Add hyperlinks (URLs) to a table or matrix - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

Best Regards,

Aniya Zhang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

SwayamSinha
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Can you check if you are using www.google.com instead of https://www.google.com

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