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Anonymous
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8 years ago
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custom visual, Iframe content not showing

Hi. I have a custom visual with an IFrame that displays a Asp mvc web page. When I create a report in PowerBI.com, add the custom visual and sett the URL property. This reports shows my asp mvc we...
  • v-viig's avatar
    v-viig
    8 years ago

    It seems Power BI Desktop blocks an iframe inside another ifframe due to using sandboxed iframe.

    To bypass this issue we would recommend not to use an additional iframe.

     

    Ignat Vilesov,

    Software Engineer

     

    Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

    [email protected]

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v-viig
Community Champion
8 years ago

It seems Power BI Desktop blocks an iframe inside another ifframe due to using sandboxed iframe.

To bypass this issue we would recommend not to use an additional iframe.

 

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

 

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

[email protected]

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Anonymous
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8 years ago

Is it possible to set the source of the outer iframe, the visual in it self?

  • v-viig's avatar
    v-viig
    Community Champion
    8 years ago

    No, it is not possbile due to security concerns.

     

    Ignat Vilesov,

    Software Engineer

     

    Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

    [email protected]

    • drumcircle's avatar
      drumcircle
      Regular Visitor
      7 years ago

      I am observing the following in a custom visualization packaged as PBIVIZ:

       

      1) My custom component includes a single Iframe.

      2) The PBIVIZ installs and renders partially in PowerBI desktop.  The IFrame does not load (fiddler can't see a URI request at all).

      3) When published to PBI server, the same component renders fully, including the IFrame correctly.

       

      A few questions:


      1) Is this true?  By design?

      2) Is there a work-around such as embedding the IFrame in SVG or elsewhere?

       

      Thank you!

      • v-evelk's avatar
        v-evelk
        Microsoft Employee
        7 years ago

        Hello,

         

        1.  It is not recommended to use iframes inside your visual because visual is wrapped into iframe with sandbox itself and inner iframes will not work correctly.

        2. There aren't workarounds.

         

        In fact, it is strange why your visual works correctly in Service. Could you please send us to  [email protected] your code or link to a repo for analysis? 

         

        Kind Regards,

         

        Evgenii Elkin,
        Software Engineer
        Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals
        [email protected]