Creating Hyperlinks In Excel

When you open the report in the Power BI service, the hyperlinks work there, too. Create a table or matrix hyperlink in Excel Power Pivot. Another way to add hyperlinks to your Power BI tables and matrixes is to create the hyperlinks in the dataset before you import/connect to that dataset from Power BI. This example uses an Excel workbook. Method 3 - Hyperlinking to a different Excel sheet in same Workbook. Assuming you have an Excel file named hyperlinkexample.xlsx with two sheets named Sheet1 and Sheet2. You want to create an internal link from cell(A1) of Sheet1 to another cell(A1) of Sheet2 using Openpyxl. Excel uses the # for same file links. You can use it to hyperlink to.

Creating Hyperlinks In Excel

Existing File or Web Page | Place in This Document | Hyperlink Function

Use the 'Insert Hyperlink' dialog box in Excel to create a hyperlink to an existing file, a web page or a place in this document. You can also use the HYPERLINK function.

Existing File or Web Page

To create a hyperlink to an existing file or web page, execute the following steps.

1. Select cell A1.

2. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Link.

The 'Insert Hyperlink' dialog box appears.

3a. To create a hyperlink to an existing file, select a file (use the Look in drop-down list, if necessary).

3b. To create a hyperlink to a web page, type the Text to display, the Address, and click OK.

Result:

Note: if you want to change the text that appears when you hover over the link, click ScreenTip.

Place in This Document

To create a hyperlink to a place in this document, execute the following steps.

1. Select cell A2.

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2. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Link.

The 'Insert Hyperlink' dialog box appears.

3. Click 'Place in This Document' under Link to.

4. Type the Text to display, the cell reference, and click OK.

Result:

Note: if you want to change the text that appears when you hover over the hyperlink, click ScreenTip.

Hyperlink Function

You can also use the HYPERLINK function in Excel to create hyperlinks. The HYPERLINK function has two arguments.

Note: instead of creating a hyperlink to a web page, create a hyperlink to an existing file. For example, replace the first argument with 'C:Reportssales2020.docx' and the second argument with 'Open Report'.