Develop Custom HTML Viewer

[Anonymous]

I looked up everywhere but i could not find any solution to display a WEB URL in Power BI desktop/Power BI Service.

We had HTML viewer app before but apparently taken off others apps are not power BI certified  and cannot be accessed by my organisation. As a work around i used python to take screenshot, save as image and use the BS4 to text to read as image in power BI dashboard but this is not ideal way

So i am ready to develop the custom view. Can someone guide me to achieve this?

[v-jingzhang]

Hi @Anonymous 

If you want to diaplay a web content in Power BI Service, which is not necessarily included in a report, you can try adding HTML content to a tile on Power BI dashboard. If you want to share it with others, you can share the dashboard directly, or include the dashboard in a Power BI App and share the App with others. This could be a simple workaround. 

On a dashboard, click Edit > Add a tile > Web content. See Add images, videos, and more to your dashboard - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

If you want to create a custom visual, you can refer to below links before you start. I didn't create a custom visual ever, so I'm not sure which way may be more doable. 

Power BI visuals documentation - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

Create Visual/Custom Visual for Power BI: Different Approaches - RADACAD

On D3.js Visual page, I saw it is an open source visual. You could get its code from the developer's GitHub: https://github.com/liprec/powerbi-d3jsvisual. Perhaps you can create a custom visual based on it.

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
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[Anonymous]

Thanks! @v-jingzhang, i explored the below but i could not find the "Edit" option available in dashboard. Missing something?

[v-jingzhang]

Hi @Anonymous 

Do you have edit permission of the dashboard you are on? If not, create a new dashboard in a workspace and explore it.

Best Regards,
Jing

[Anonymous]

Ok but this becomes separate dashboard view. is there a way i can embed this tile in my actual report

[v-jingzhang]

@Anonymous 

I'm afraid it's not possible currently. To display web content in a report, you still need to use a visual. 

Regards,

Jing

[amitchandak]

@Anonymous , HTMl content and D3Js visual also done not help ?

HTML content
https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/power-bi-visuals/wa200001930?tab=overview
D3js
https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/power-bi-visuals/WA104381354?tab=Overview

[Anonymous]

No Actually, i tried all these but as these are not certified hence canno be downloaded or installed from appsource in my company. Shielded HTML viewer is an option(certified) but need to purchase licence.

Is there any other way that can help to display the Web URL?

Can i perhaps create a custom visual to accomplish this? Is there a way to do so?

[Anonymous]

Did you happen to have any workarounds, please?.. I am sailing in the same boat.. We could perhaps create a Power apps page and embed the URL and then use the power apps visual in Power BI report

[Anonymous]

@Anonymous , No Actually i told business that it is not possible at this moment and without using uncertified apps. As a simple workaround i used Matrix Visual and added the web link but they did not like it so we dropped the idea for now.