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Embedding a Word document into a Power BI desktop report
Hi all,
I was just hoping to get some guidance. I have a Power BI report which i would like to add an additional cover page (user guide) which is a Word document. Is there any way to embed the Word document into the desktop report.
NB: the Word document has been loaded onto Sharepoint.
Hi Jas111 ,
Yes, you can embed a Word document into a Power BI report by using the "Web View" visual. Here's how:
- Open your Power BI report in Power BI Desktop.
- In the Visualizations pane, select the "Web View" visual.
- In the Web View Properties pane, enter the URL of the Word document that you want to embed. You can find the URL of the document by going to Sharepoint and opening the document, then copying the URL from the address bar of your web browser.
- Once you have entered the URL, the Word document will be displayed in the Web View visual. You can resize and move the visual as needed to fit it into your report layout.
Note that the Web View visual only works in the Power BI Desktop application, and it will not be displayed in the Power BI service when you publish your report. If you want to include the Word document in the published report, you will need to convert it to a PDF or another format that can be displayed in the Power BI service. You can use a tool like Adobe Acrobat to do this.
If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information and let me know immediately. Looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Henry
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v-henryk-mstfCommunity Support
Hi Jas111 ,
Yes, you can embed a Word document into a Power BI report by using the "Web View" visual. Here's how:
- Open your Power BI report in Power BI Desktop.
- In the Visualizations pane, select the "Web View" visual.
- In the Web View Properties pane, enter the URL of the Word document that you want to embed. You can find the URL of the document by going to Sharepoint and opening the document, then copying the URL from the address bar of your web browser.
- Once you have entered the URL, the Word document will be displayed in the Web View visual. You can resize and move the visual as needed to fit it into your report layout.
Note that the Web View visual only works in the Power BI Desktop application, and it will not be displayed in the Power BI service when you publish your report. If you want to include the Word document in the published report, you will need to convert it to a PDF or another format that can be displayed in the Power BI service. You can use a tool like Adobe Acrobat to do this.
If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information and let me know immediately. Looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Henry
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.Thanks for your input Henry, I actually ended up inserting a textbox and inserting a hyperlink through that to link it up to a non-editable PDF version of the document (changed the word doc to PDF format). It seems to work well now. Thanks for your help nontheless 🙂
- Idrissshatila
Super User
Hello,
What you could do is the you take a screenshot of this word document and add it as image.
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Unfortunately this is not an option as the word document contains hyperlinks as well which need to remain active.
- Idrissshatila
What you could do is write these in a text box in a page and make this page as a tooltip and you put an icon to show it.
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You can create a web view link of the document using below code,
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url="&Uri.EscapeDataString([URL])" No need of converting the format of document. It works with all format(.doc,.docx,.csv, etc.). Even can use it for the links from a column of table. Convert the format of url as WebURL and u can display it as simple icon to click and open it in browser. The above code works with any link (https or https). This do wonders on reporting and dashboards.
