A data category you assign to a text column containing web addresses of pictures, so that tables, matrices, slicers and cards display the pictures rather than the addresses.
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Terms in this definition
- Data category
Tells Power BI what kind of thing a column's or measure's values represent, beyond the data type: a city, a postal code, a country or region, a web link or an image link, for example. You choose it on the Column tools tab.
Related terms
- Base64 data URI
Embedding the image itself in
image_urlas adata:image/jpeg;base64,...string; this is the approach when no public URL hosts the image. - input_image
The Responses API content item representing an image. Its
image_urlholds a base64 data URI or public URL, or afile_idcan point to a Files API upload, anddetailmay be set optionally.