Can I view images on SharePoint lists from Power BI Desktop?

[timamura]

Using Power BI Desktop,
You are creating a report to visualize the data on a SharePoint list.

The connection was complete and I was able to summarize the data on the list.
Only images stored in the SharePoint list cannot be displayed.

From the web version of Power BI, images can be displayed without problems,
Why can't I view it from the desktop version?

[v-shex-msft]

HI @timamura,

What type of data are you store on the SharePoint lists? The image file or image links? If you mean link, you can add a column to store these URL string and setting its data category to image URL.

Display images in a table, matrix, or slicer in a report - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

If they are stored as binary or base64 format, you can add a new column with following prefix to help power bi recognize these data:

Image URL = "data:image/png;base64," & [Base64String]

Solved: Image Binary Data to Image - Microsoft Fabric Community

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

[timamura]

Hi, @v-shex-msft 

Thank you for contacting us.

The image specifies the file in the Image column.
By setting a custom column, you can create an image URL to display the image in the web version of Power BI.
However, in the desktop app version, the image is not displayed.

Is this a specification issue, such as not being able to pass authentication from the desktop app version?

[v-shex-msft · Accepted solution]

HI @timamura,

What type of image URL are you used? AFAIK, current power bi only support the root image path.(e.g. www.xxx.com/xxx.png)

If the link includes redirections or required additional authorization, they weren’t be recognized on power bi side.

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

[timamura]

Hi. @v-shex-msft 

Thank you very much. Solved.