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PBI report creation in portal

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:59:38 GMT

All,

I know how to embed existing PBI reports in a portal.

However, I am trying to figure out whether the creation of a PBI report can also be done in a portal. So, essentially, instead of having to use PBI Desktop or the report editor on powerbi.com, the portal user can create the PBI report using, say, an embedded version of PBI Desktop/Reporting Editor in the portal. The portal is an in-house developed platform.

Thanks,

Wilco

Re: PBI report creation in portal

Greg_Deckler — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:20:23 GMT

I'm not aware of that as a feature of Power BI Embedded, but that would be the place to check.

Re: PBI report creation in portal

Greg_Deckler — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:22:08 GMT

Oh, well I'll be damned...
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/create-and-personalize-report-visuals-programmatically-with-visual-authoring-api-for-power-bi-embedded/

Re: PBI report creation in portal

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:23:57 GMT

Hi Greg,

Thanks for your response. I have been checking the PBI embedded resources, but they all talk about embedding existing reports. I have not come across creating one using an embedded feature. Hence the reach-out to the community.

Best,

Wilco

Re: PBI report creation in portal

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:25:18 GMT

I guess, I will be damned too... 🙂 thx for the tip! Will look into it.

Re: PBI report creation in portal

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:29:25 GMT

@Greg_Deckler That wil allow you to create visuals 'on the fly' using an existing report/embedded session.

@AnonymousI think this is what you are after... https://github.com/microsoft/PowerBI-JavaScript/wiki/Create%5CEdit-Report-in-Embed-View - Note that I have not tried the creation of reports myself, but I think this will do what you are after.

Re: PBI report creation in portal

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:50:28 GMT

@Matt Thanks for the tip! Will take a look as well.