Calling a non-http URL

[TePe]

Hi,

I installed a custom protocol to open up a local application from a URL. The URL looks then like

democalc://107

However Power BI doesn't allow this, it says that the URL is not valid. I guess it expects only http(s).

Is there any "trick" how to prevent this?

The use case is simply that I want to open a local .net application on a click in a table (there might be different apps depending on the single line)...

Thanks,

Thomas

[v-kelly-msft]

Hi @TePe ，

If you wanna use custom protocol ,you'd better use custom connector. Here is the reference.

Best Regards,
Kelly

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[TePe]

Hi,

I don't want to GET information from a non-standard source (there the custom connectors should help), the scenario is different. Just think about a customer table and you would like to call a classical .net customer management solution directly out of it, perhaps even passing the customer ID as a parameter. How can you do something like that? If it's a web application a standard URL would be fine. But with a .net application? There a custom protocol might help but it's not allowed...

Thanks,

Thomas

[edhans]

Actually @TePe what you are describing is a custom connector. Power BI has dozens of native connectors. Any connection you wish to make, like to .NET data, that Power BI doesn't have out of the box is, by definition, a custom connector. The web connector will not work as it mandates HTTP/HTTPS connections. If you want another way to address the data, you'll need a custom connector.

[edhans]

I do not believe so. Probably part of a security model. I tried a connection to IMDB as a test, then edited the M code to by changing HTTPS to DOCS (just made something up) and thought I might get a "not found" error. Instead I got a "Don't do that" error. 😁