Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Register now to learn Fabric in free live sessions led by the best Microsoft experts. From Apr 16 to May 9, in English and Spanish.

Reply
Lorcan
New Member

Power BI displaying amount of images in a windows folder

Hi

I work for an engineering firm and we use drones to take thousands of images, turning them into 3D models for the client to literally walk-through their sites.

I have a folder on our server called 'Images', inside images are various project folders all containing the raw images we have shot using our drones.

Is there a way that I can display a report that literally just shows how many images are inside the 'images' folder? Just a simple figure. If it counts the folders within the 'images' folder this is no problem.

I would just like my team to be able to keep an eye on a rough estimate of how many images we have taken in total. all projects.
Do I need to incorporate Microsoft Flow for this?

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks
Lorcan

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Greg_Deckler
Super User
Super User

So, just use a Folder query and point it to your images folder. Power BI will load up all of the file information for all of the files in all of the folders beneath the root folder. Then, instead of hitting "Combine", click the "Load" button. Pretty much done at that point, you can get a simple count off of any column in the resulting table.


@ me in replies or I'll lose your thread!!!
Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
Become an expert!: Enterprise DNA
External Tools: MSHGQM
YouTube Channel!: Microsoft Hates Greg
Latest book!:
The Definitive Guide to Power Query (M)

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

View solution in original post

1 REPLY 1
Greg_Deckler
Super User
Super User

So, just use a Folder query and point it to your images folder. Power BI will load up all of the file information for all of the files in all of the folders beneath the root folder. Then, instead of hitting "Combine", click the "Load" button. Pretty much done at that point, you can get a simple count off of any column in the resulting table.


@ me in replies or I'll lose your thread!!!
Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
Become an expert!: Enterprise DNA
External Tools: MSHGQM
YouTube Channel!: Microsoft Hates Greg
Latest book!:
The Definitive Guide to Power Query (M)

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

Helpful resources

Announcements
Microsoft Fabric Learn Together

Microsoft Fabric Learn Together

Covering the world! 9:00-10:30 AM Sydney, 4:00-5:30 PM CET (Paris/Berlin), 7:00-8:30 PM Mexico City

PBI_APRIL_CAROUSEL1

Power BI Monthly Update - April 2024

Check out the April 2024 Power BI update to learn about new features.

April Fabric Community Update

Fabric Community Update - April 2024

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric Community.

Top Solution Authors