Custom Visual - pbiviz package error

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:02:21 GMT

I'm trying to create a custom visual, however while executing pbiviz package I've obtained those errors (see image) and then, the visual is not created..
Any idea in how to solve this problem?

Thanks very much!

Re: Custom Visual - pbiviz package error

dm-p — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 21:14:49 GMT

Hi there,

A packaged visual expects a bit more info. You need to edit your pbiviz.json and fill in the fields specified before the package process will work.

So, let's say your file looks like this (which is pretty much the default after creating):

{
    "visual": {
        "name": "myVisual",
        "displayName": "myVisual",
        "guid": "myVisualD7CD469BA41A483C8C1576E59A1D23E3",
        "visualClassName": "Visual",
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "description": "",
        "supportUrl": "",
        "gitHubUrl": ""
    },
    "apiVersion": "2.6.0",
    "author": {
        "name": "",
        "email": ""
    },
    "assets": {
        "icon": "assets/icon.png"
    },
    "externalJS": null,
    "style": "style/visual.less",
    "capabilities": "capabilities.json",
    "dependencies": null,
    "stringResources": []
}

You need to add values to the author (name and email), description and supportUrl fields, e.g.:

{
    "visual": {
        "name": "myVisual",
        "displayName": "myVisual",
        "guid": "myVisualD7CD469BA41A483C8C1576E59A1D23E3",
        "visualClassName": "Visual",
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "description": "My cool visual",
        "supportUrl": "https://www.google.com",
        "gitHubUrl": ""
    },
    "apiVersion": "2.6.0",
    "author": {
        "name": "My Name",
        "email": "my.email@email.com"
    },
    "assets": {
        "icon": "assets/icon.png"
    },
    "externalJS": null,
    "style": "style/visual.less",
    "capabilities": "capabilities.json",
    "dependencies": null,
    "stringResources": []
}

Obviosuly, you'd be better putting informative values in there, particularly if you want to distribute your visual to other users but this will get you moving.

Good luck!

Daniel

Re: Custom Visual - pbiviz package error

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 17:59:38 GMT

Thanks very much, now it is working!

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