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FAY2020
Resolver I
5 years ago

PowerBIIntegration in Power Apps - Does Not Work For Existing Apps

When adding a Power Apps visual and dragging some columns into it, I am then trying to add an existing app.   If I select the app, Edge then opens up and displays the app and the PowerBIIntegration...
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Talha02
Regular Visitor
3 years ago

Hey, 
I created a Power App from inside the Power Apps visual in Power BI. The integration worked fine. After I saved and later wanted to make changes, it would not show any data in Power Apps, even if I edit the App through the Power BI visual. 

So here is the solution, that worked for me: 
First publish your Power BI Dashboard

 

- Open it in PowerBi.com 

- Go to edit

- Go to the Power Apps visual in your Power BI Dashboard

- Click on three dots and now edit

 

Now when your App opens in Power Apps the integration should work perfectly and all data which you had passed in to your Power Apps visiual should be accessable.

  • FAY2020's avatar
    FAY2020
    Resolver I
    3 years ago
    Talha02 wrote:

    I created a Power App from inside the Power Apps visual in Power BI. 

    So that is a different scenario to the one in my original post. I am talking about existing apps (authored in Power Apps) that then do not integrate properly into the Power BI model.

     

    See my reply here: Re: PowerBIIntegration in Power Apps - Does Not Wo... - Microsoft Fabric Community where there is conflicting info over whethere this is actually possible. I now believe it is not possible, as stated in this blog: Power BI integration with Power Apps (telstra.com) which was originally linked by Anonymous.

     

    For those still reading, if you have an existing app created outside of Power BI, you will need to create a new app from within Power BI and copy across all your content and code.