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Links to Network Shares
I am working in Power BI Desktop and I need to be able to access files that are stored on a network share. I'd like to be able to just click on the link and get the file. I have 2 columns named F...
In fact, the functionality exist in PBI to open an external link; access a local network drive or open a file directly through a browser (not in PBI) but it's not known even to Microsoft Admins. Here is what you can do to access a network drive or a file.
Tricks:
1. works with Edge or IE browsers
2 use "file://" at the beginning
2. map using "/" instead of "\"
https://www.google.ca/
file://abc-fb2/homedir$
file://abc-fb2/homedir$/HafizT/BRD Template.xlsx
How to generate links in Power BI Desktop or Power Pivot is here Add hyperlinks (URLs) to a table or matrix - Power BI | Microsoft Docs, but that doesn't work in Power BI service and file:// links are not supported.
