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Needs VotesOpen local files (file://) directly by click on url link as with (http://)
Miquel Angel Prat on 18 Feb 2018 18:43:45
Currently open a local file from Desktop is not possible and from browser is very tedious as explained on May 2017 update:
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-may-feature-summary/#urlTables
"If you want to use file URLs, there are some limitations. They will not open in the Power BI Desktop, only in web browsers. For most browsers, you will need to right click on the link, copy the link address, and paste the URL in a new tab"
It will be great if can be improved the way to open the files in same way as with web images or files (http://).
- Comments (43)
RE: Open local files (file://) directly by click on url link as with (http://)
Add this feature please! This would make the user experience more seamless
RE: Open local files (file://) directly by click on url link as with (http://)
This would be extremely useful, and massively improve user experience!
RE: Open local files (file://) directly by click on url link as with (http://)
Add this feature ASAP. MS made $30B last year. Hire some devs.
RE: Open local files (file://) directly by click on url link as with (http://)
Yes, please
RE: Open local files (file://) directly by click on url link as with (http://)
Yes, please!
RE: Open local files (file://) directly by click on url link as with (http://)
I am very disappointed to see this feature needs votes to make it happen. Isn't it default feature in any other MS Office application?
RE: Open local files (file://) directly by click on url link as with (http://)
This can transform the experience of using reports.
RE: Open local files (file://) directly by click on url link as with (http://)
essential functionality
RE: Open local files (file://) directly by click on url link as with (http://)
I've gotten around the limitation by passing the local file name as a parameter to a page I named redirect that has nothing but this script on it.
var filename = location.search.split('dmf=')[1];
window.open(filename);
So my power bi link is "https://www.myweb.com/redirect.aspx?dmf=
This work but I agree it would be so much better if it was a native feature.
RE: Open local files (file://) directly by click on url link as with (http://)
My colleague and I have been voting for this idea as I know several companies who could benefit from it, but the number of votes is not increasing as a result.