Open Power BI Desktop (.pbix) file from a website

[Anonymous]

Hi together,

I have a use case where I want to open a specific Power BI Desktop (.pbix) file from a website.

Use case:

A user is on a website where different reports are located. At the moment the user can open the report as a individual development and have a look at pre-definied analysis, or as a pdf or as an excel. Some users now want to build their own reports with Power BI Desktop.

What I am thinking about is a fouth button on the website where I can start Power BI Desktop from. This button will always open the same .pbix file and store the actual data as an Excel file in a pre-defined folder. Theh user will now refresh the data manually from that Excel file and start working.

My questions is now: Do you know a solution (with PowerShell) where I can start a Power BI Desktop file from a website?

*We don´t want to work with Power BI Service in the first instance.

Thank you very much and best regards,

Alex

[v-easonf-msft]

Hi , @Anonymous 

Based on my research, similar functions( open a specific Power BI Desktop (.pbix) file from a website) are not supported currently.

You can come up with a new idea and add your comments there to make this feature coming sooner.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason
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