jfontenot on 02 Sep 2017 00:31:50
Just like you can add a mailto:address.com in a list and make it actionable, you should be able to do the same with a phone number, with something like a tel: or callto: prefix. The ability to tap a phone number and make a call would make the phone layout version of a report much more valuable.
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RE: Phone Number Links
We can open a hyperlink from PowerBI. We can open a blank email addressed to a recipient from Power BI. We should be able to call someone from Power BI using the browser function in edge known as callto:588595. If we have mailto prefix why can't MS implement a callto:
RE: Phone Number Links
Many phone systems, such as Cisco, will respond to an URL on the browser formatted as "tel:920-555-1212" and will dial the user's connected deskphone. This is very similar to "mailto:" for launching emails. Power BI web URL will not recognize the "tel:" or "SIP:" tag however. It would also be great to add a phone icon for the phone URL similar to email, http, etc.
RE: Phone Number Links
Teams is a Microsoft product and in order to create a employee interface, it would be great if Power BI not only recongizes mailto Links, but also callto: links.
With callto, I could create interactive room plans linked with the persons and their respective contact data, instead of having to look through Teams.
RE: Phone Number Links
Users of my report want to be able to take action immediately and conveniently by calling or messaging numbers detailed on rows. A URL that activates the default phone or messaging app once clicked would be ideal. This is similar to browser based functionality common to most modern browsers.
RE: Phone Number Links
Please make this happen, it would help us so much!
RE: Phone Number Links
Would be awesome to also have recognition of sip: links so that users can click a report in Power BI to start a IM conversation in Teams.
RE: Phone Number Links
This is a big deal - as we work to make dashboards operationally focused, it should be able to easily activate a soft client.
RE: Phone Number Links
this would be an awesome feature! I was directly asked to implement this
RE: Phone Number Links
With a focus on getting more mobile - we have a massive need for this feature in PowerBI and in PowerApps.