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ChrisWilliams
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9 years ago
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Custom visuals: change port from 8080

I've installed the PBIVIZ custom visualization tools by following the tutorial at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-custom-visuals-getting-started-with-developer-tools.   Ho...
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    Eric_Zhang
    9 years ago

    ChrisWilliams

    Technically the port can be changed in the file

    C:\Users\userName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\config.json

     

    However the communication between Power BI Service and the visual server seems broken when using a port other than 8080.

     

    So, to avoid the port comflict, develop custom visual on a dedicated dev machine or change the port for the process that is occupying port 8080.

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Eric_Zhang
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9 years ago

ChrisWilliams

Technically the port can be changed in the file

C:\Users\userName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\config.json

 

However the communication between Power BI Service and the visual server seems broken when using a port other than 8080.

 

So, to avoid the port comflict, develop custom visual on a dedicated dev machine or change the port for the process that is occupying port 8080.