Javascript api

Yes, you can set filters uisng JavaScript and your kendo UI controls. Begin by embedding a report by calling powerbi.embed and holding on to the reference to the report object.

var config = {
  type: 'report',
  id: embedReportId,
  embedUrl: embedUrl,
  accessToken: accessToken,
  tokenType: models.TokenType.Embed
};

// Get a reference to the embedded report HTML element
var embedContainer = document.getElementById('embedContainer');

// Embed the report and display it within the div container.
var report = powerbi.embed(embedContainer, config);

After that, you can set a filter on the embedded report by calling report.setFilters.

let states = ["FL","GA","NC"]

const basicStateFilter = {
  $schema: "http://powerbi.com/product/schema#basic",
  target: {
    table: "Customers",
    column: "State"
  },
  operator: "In",
  values: states
}

// apply filter to report
report.setFilters([basicStateFilter]);