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powerbi-oe
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9 years ago

Power BI embedded: load report into web control in winforms application

Hi

So I want to load a report hosted in an Azure workspace into a desktop application.

Using the power bi cli, I've created a workspace and uploaded a pbix file. I've also got the embedurl for my report.

All the examples I've see are using an iframe to load the report. Can I not use URL directly in a browser control on my desktop application? If so, what URL do I need to use?

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  • Eric_Zhang's avatar
    Eric_Zhang
    Microsoft Employee
    9 years ago
    powerbi-oe wrote:
    Hi

    So I want to load a report hosted in an Azure workspace into a desktop application.

    Using the power bi cli, I've created a workspace and uploaded a pbix file. I've also got the embedurl for my report.

    All the examples I've see are using an iframe to load the report. Can I not use URL directly in a browser control on my desktop application? If so, what URL do I need to use?

    Thanks

    It is not possible to access a URL to visit reports in Power BI Embedded. When embeding a report, besides the embed URL, a token is required for authentication purpose. 

     

    One exception is Publish to web in Power BI Service, as it is public so no authentication required. The reports can be accessed via a single URL, any one who has that URL can access the reports.

     

    • powerbi-oe's avatar
      powerbi-oe
      Frequent Visitor
      9 years ago
      I've managed to create a static HTML on disk and using the power bi JavaScript library load the report. I can then load the html file into a web browser control on a form.
      • Eric_Zhang's avatar
        Eric_Zhang
        Microsoft Employee
        9 years ago
        powerbi-oe wrote:
        I've managed to create a static HTML on disk and using the power bi JavaScript library load the report. I can then load the html file into a web browser control on a form.

        powerbi-oe

        You can do that but the embed token may expire. Although a token never expires can be generated but it is not recommended.