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Dada1970
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3 years ago

Open desktop application from POWER BI report

Hello,

 

Is it possible to open custom application from POWER BI report?

 

I have created protocol as described in the following link:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32445017/start-an-application-from-a-url-and-get-data/32445139#32445139

so when I try to open my application from browser by typing myapp://Hello everything works fine.

 

However, when I add "myapp://Hello" to text box in my Power BI report and set it as hyperlink and click, it opens browser with "https//myapp..." and does not work.

 

I have found the following topic:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Calling-a-non-http-URL/m-p/937900

but I don't need connector because I don't need data, I have to start desktop application with some values as parameters.

 

Thanks.

 

Regards,

Dragana

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  • lbendlin's avatar
    lbendlin
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    3 years ago

    Create a local webserver app that can translate the http:// call coming from Power BI Desktop into the "myapp://Hello"  call.

     

    You may also want to consider using the "External Tools"  connector convention instead.