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What is a difference between appsource apps and online services and how to build both of them

Mateusz — Mon, 22 May 2017 12:07:23 GMT

Hi All,

In my organisation we are considering exposing our data via Power BI app / online service. Not even sure if these two are different but whenever I work with Desktop Power BI under Get Data -> Online Services I see way less options than in Web Power BI. So me questions are:

* are AppSource apps the same as Online Services? If not what are the differences? How do you build and publish both of them?

* what is the technical challenge to actually build an app / online service? Is there any documentation regarding this process? Is it a web app implementing couple of contracts defined by Microsoft?

Thanks in advance for making it clear

Mateusz

Re: What is a difference between appsource apps and online services and how to build both of them

Eric_Zhang — Tue, 23 May 2017 08:57:08 GMT

Mateusz wrote:

Hi All,

In my organisation we are considering exposing our data via Power BI app / online service. Not even sure if these two are different but whenever I work with Desktop Power BI under Get Data -> Online Services I see way less options than in Web Power BI. So me questions are:

* are AppSource apps the same as Online Services? If not what are the differences? How do you build and publish both of them?

* what is the technical challenge to actually build an app / online service? Is there any documentation regarding this process? Is it a web app implementing couple of contracts defined by Microsoft?

Thanks in advance for making it clear

--

Mateusz

Mateusz

Usually they're the same, for example when connecting to Google Analytics, the online documentation says

The Google Analytics content pack and the connector in Power BI Desktop rely on the Google Analytics Core Reporting API

For reports design purpose, I'd suggest you use Power BI desktop. Desktop contains a whole suite of tools(DAX, PowerQuery) to create models. After designing, you can publish reports to Power BI.service for sharing.

You could start your Power BI journey from this starting page.

Re: What is a difference between appsource apps and online services and how to build both of them

skameron — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 20:04:07 GMT

@Mateusz I'm not sure the question was really answer, as I have the same question and the response left me more confused.

Let's say I want to publish, for Power BI web, an APP, which is accessed by Get Data >> (under Microsoft AppSource >> Services ((Get), then have my App listed on there. Let me know the steps, and licenses needed for me to publish an app, so when my customers sign up for a free Power BI web version, they just navigate to Get Data, then Services under AppSource and see my App/Product listed, just as Zen Desk, or Google Analytics is.

Thanks, Scott

Re: What is a difference between appsource apps and online services and how to build both of them

skameron — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 20:11:38 GMT

@Mateusz I'm not sure the question was really answer, as I have the same question and the response left me more confused.

Thanks, Scott