topic createReport does not expose same API as embed in Developer

createReport does not expose same API as embed

lukepaw — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 15:50:21 GMT

I am embedding a new report using the `powerbi.createReport` function.
The embed works fine - but I cannot access functions such as `getPages()` on the returned object.

It appears the returned object is a very lackluster compared to the one returned by `embed()`.

Is that intentional?

I expected to have mostly the same API available as when editing an existing report - given the user can add pages, add visuals and do other operations just fine within the iframe - even before the report is saved.

Currently, I need to save the report first, then embed it - to get access to the needed functionality.

Perhaps I am missing something, but I failed to find any docs or samples regarding working with a new report from code.

Any ideas?

Regards,
Luke

Re: createReport does not expose same API as embed

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 09:42:58 GMT

Hi @lukepaw

Here I found a post with similar problem like yours and I hope it could help you.

Try this code:

var report = powerbi.embed(reportContainer, config); report.on("rendered", function (event) { // do stuff here like get pages, export data, apply filters or whatever it is you want to do to manipulate the report report.getPages().then((pages) => { pages[0].getVisuals().then((visuals) => (d = visuals)); }); var v = d[1].exportData(models.ExportDataType.Summarized, 100); });

For more details: Not getting report.getPages in Embedded Power BI report

For reference: Handling Events

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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