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URL Icon in Power BI

In this blog you will understand “How to convert a URL link field from Text to Hyperlink to Icon in Power BI?”

Note: – Power BI Desktop version Nov 2021 used for this example.

Sample Dataset

Dataset for URL icon

Dataset for URL icon

Load above dataset into Power BI desktop file and add above columns into table visual, it will look like as given below screen shot.

URL icon example

URL icon example



As you can see above site URL’s are not clickable because it is in Text form, so now you need to convert these URL’s into Hyperlink.

How to make Text field URL to Hyperlink or clickable?

Following below steps in order to convert Text URL to Web URL –

Select URL column > Choose Data category Web URL

Web URL Power BI

Web URL Power BISee the outcome, now these links are clickable.

Hyperlink Power BI

Hyperlink Power BI



How to convert Hyperlink to URL Icon

Select table visual > Go to format tab > Turn on URL Icon

Convert Link to Icon in Power BI

Convert Link to Icon in Power BI

Now you can see the URL icon given below screen shot.

URL icon Power BI

URL icon Power BI

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