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    Data Category for other protocols ("file://", "ftp://", "ms-windows-store://" and others)

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    Carlo Mendoza on 24 Sep 2016 03:33:31

    PowerBI should also treat other protocols as a hyperlink not just ones that start with "http://"

    Examples:
    http://
    ms-windows-store://
    ftp://
    etc.

    Maybe there should be a "Protocol" or "Hyperlink" Data Category

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    Apostolos Plagakis on 15 Sep 2021 19:03:45

    RE: Data Category for other protocols ("file://", "ftp://", "ms-windows-store://" and others)

    Can we please get FTP as one the ways to get data for power bi?

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    Samer Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:09:20

    RE: Data Category for other protocols ("file://", "ftp://", "ms-windows-store://" and others)

    Yes please - need support for IM: (chat) like mailto: for email

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    Rob Giles on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:45

    RE: Data Category for other protocols ("file://", "ftp://", "ms-windows-store://" and others)

    yes

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    hori tome on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:43

    RE: Data Category for other protocols ("file://", "ftp://", "ms-windows-store://" and others)

    Can we please get FTP as one the ways to get data for power bi?

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    Carlo Mendoza on 05 Jul 2020 23:40:26

    RE: Data Category for other protocols ("file://", "ftp://", "ms-windows-store://" and others)

    I have a LOB UWP app that handles custom protocol links. I'd like to be able to click on it in PowerBI to launch the UWP app.

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    Matthew Zavada on 05 Jul 2020 23:10:07

    RE: Data Category for other protocols ("file://", "ftp://", "ms-windows-store://" and others)

    I agree, we have a custom application that we would like to link to.

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    Gerard Reichert on 05 Jul 2020 23:09:33

    RE: Data Category for other protocols ("file://", "ftp://", "ms-windows-store://" and others)

    It would be very helpful to be able to click on a link to a folder location and the Windows Explorer opens to that folder.

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    Vijay Singh on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:58

    RE: Data Category for other protocols ("file://", "ftp://", "ms-windows-store://" and others)

    Its long pending demand and without such improvement, Power BI cannot survive against other competitors.

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    Steve Wheeler on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:14

    RE: Data Category for other protocols ("file://", "ftp://", "ms-windows-store://" and others)

    Even updating the Web Page import to interpret an ftp index as HTML, as (Chrome and IE etc. do) would open up a pile of data sources on ftp for Power BI. And assuming you can do a data refresh against such sources...

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    Giovanni Miraglia on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:02

    RE: Data Category for other protocols ("file://", "ftp://", "ms-windows-store://" and others)

    especially file:// would be awesome!