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vasher
Helper I
7 years ago
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Power BI Custom Visual - force directed graph API error

Hi,

 

I'm trying to create a custom Force Directed Graph using the source code on Github (PowerBI-visuals-ForceGraph) and following the tutorial available at creating-a-custom-visual. Unfortunately, when I try to start the custom visual using the "pbiviz start" command in PowershellI I get an error stating "Invalid API version v2.3.0".

 

The "circlecard" example project used in the tutorial, which also uses API version v2.3.0 in it's pbiviz.json file, works just fine. So I'm clueless as to what's causing this error. I'm very new to trying out custom visuals on Power BI so any help with this is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance!

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  • v-viig's avatar
    v-viig
    7 years ago

    Hi,

     

    To build Force Directed Graph from source code please follow these steps:

    1. $ git clone [email protected]:Microsoft/PowerBI-visuals-ForceGraph.git
    2. $ cd PowerBI-visuals-ForceGraph
    3. $ npm install
    4. $ npm run pbiviz -- --create-cert
    5. $ npm start

    Let us know if it resolves the issue.

     

    Ignat Vilesov,

    Software Engineer

     

    Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

    [email protected]

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

    Hi,

     

    To build Force Directed Graph from source code please follow these steps:

    1. $ git clone [email protected]:Microsoft/PowerBI-visuals-ForceGraph.git
    2. $ cd PowerBI-visuals-ForceGraph
    3. $ npm install
    4. $ npm run pbiviz -- --create-cert
    5. $ npm start

    Let us know if it resolves the issue.

     

    Ignat Vilesov,

    Software Engineer

     

    Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

    [email protected]

    • vasher's avatar
      vasher
      Helper I
      7 years ago

      Thanks for the solution Ignat. I followed the steps but unfortunately step 3 produces the following errors:

      npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules\fsevents): 
      npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"}) 
      added 1234 packages from 1340 contributors and audited 17443 packages in 164.43s 
      found 2 vulnerabilities (1 low, 1 high)
      • vasher's avatar
        vasher
        Helper I
        7 years ago

        Ignoring the errors/warnings and proceeding futher seems to work. However, for step 5, I had to use pbiviz start.

         

        Thanks a ton for the solution!