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nagpuresushant
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Images from Common data services not visible on Power BI

Hi, 

 

I am facing issue while displaying images from common data service (CDS) into Power BI.

In CDS, images are stored in a column of data type 'Image' (e.g. column name is 'Image1'), and when I import CDS data to Power BI, for single column 'Image1' in CDS, I get 3 columns in Power BI (Image1_url, Image1_ID and Image1_timestamp).

I use column 'Image1_url' to display images and I am changing Data Category to 'Image URL', but images are neither getting displayed in Power BI desktop nor in Power BI Services.

Value getting stored in column 'Image1_url' is like below:

'https://<servername>.crm5.dynamics.com/Image/download.aspx?Entity=<TableName>&Attribute=<ColumnName>&Id=<Image1_ID>&Timestamp=<Image1_timestamp>'

 

But when I hit the URL ''https://<servername>.crm5.dynamics.com' in the same browser where Power BI services are opened and then I refresh the Power BI report on services, I can see the images and I don't face any issues.

 

I don't want to hit the URL everytime to display the images, any help on this is appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Sushant

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v-jayw-msft
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Hi @nagpuresushant ,

 

Please refer the document.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/power-bi-images-tables#considerations .

Considerations

  • The image needs to be in one of these file formats: .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, or .svg
  • The URL needs to be anonymously accessible, not on a site that requires a sign-in, such as SharePoint. However, if images are hosted on SharePoint or OneDrive, you may be able to get an embed code that points directly to them.

 

Best Regards,

Jay

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v-jayw-msft
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Community Support

Hi @nagpuresushant ,

 

Please refer the document.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/power-bi-images-tables#considerations .

Considerations

  • The image needs to be in one of these file formats: .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, or .svg
  • The URL needs to be anonymously accessible, not on a site that requires a sign-in, such as SharePoint. However, if images are hosted on SharePoint or OneDrive, you may be able to get an embed code that points directly to them.

 

Best Regards,

Jay

Community Support Team _ Jay
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution
to help the other members find it.

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