topic Re: Using environment variables inside the custom visual in Custom Visuals Development Discussion

Using environment variables inside the custom visual

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:34:58 GMT

Is there a way to use environment variables inside the custom visual that I can access as

process.env.<name_of_variable>?

I'm using React inside the custom visual.

Re: Using environment variables inside the custom visual

lbendlin — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:44:17 GMT

Remember that Power BI Service has no concept of "environment variable"

Re: Using environment variables inside the custom visual

dm-p — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:04:48 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

The default webpack configuration of powerbi-visuals-tools doesn't expose process.env, so if you want to set up something similar, you must create your webpack configuration using the powerbi-visuals-webpack-plugin. In this configuration, you could, for example, use webpack.DefinePlugin to define an object that passes these values from an appropriate .env file.

Regards,

Daniel