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Here are the External Tools I've setup in Power BI desktop.
The order of the buttons in the External Tools menu is determined alphabetically by the JSON file name. To manage this, I use a two-digit number prefix.
Place the .json files in the following directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Power BI Desktop\External Tools
I used base64-image.de to generate Base64 Image code for icons. To create and modify the icons I used GIMP.
You can find the JSON files in my GitHub project here. Please update the URLs in the JSON files to match your organization's sites for services like ServiceNow, Jira, and Confluence.
Here is the list of installs for External Tools:
Name | Location |
Analyze in Excel | |
Bravo | |
DAX Studio | |
Tabular Editor | |
ALM Toolkit | |
Power BI Report Builder | |
SQL Server Management Studio | |
Model Documenter | |
Microsoft Loop | |
Measure Killer |
Other Tools I use for Power BI:
Description | Location |
Animated Files | https://www.screentogif.com/ |
Image Markup | https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html |
Image Editor | |
Problem Recording |
If you have any other suggestions, please add them in the comments.
There is also an article on Microsoft Learn about External Tools.
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Hi @aduguid ,
Thank you so much for sharing these Power BI external tools with the community! Your contribution is greatly appreciated and will definitely help others enhance their Power BI experience. If you have any more tips or resources, please feel free to share them. We’re always eager to learn from each other!
Best regards
Hi @aduguid ,
Thank you so much for sharing these Power BI external tools with the community! Your contribution is greatly appreciated and will definitely help others enhance their Power BI experience. If you have any more tips or resources, please feel free to share them. We’re always eager to learn from each other!
Best regards
That one just points to a website. We have an integration setup between service now and jira. I have the jira url directly to the board for our weekly sprints for BI projects.
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