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R visuals in shared reports - how do they work?
This is a "please explain" request more than a how-to request. I made a report with an R visual in it, published the report, and then I shared the report to others in my organization. I would like to know how it's possible for them to view the R visual in this report without having an instance of R installed on their machines. It works well, but I would like to know details of how this is made possible. Is it some sort of caching, or perhaps R on the PowerBI server? Something else? Please link to any documentation, if available. My searching did not provide much info. Thank you in advance!
Power BI service at powerbi.com has an instance of R available with some sample packages. As long as your R visual doesn't rely on a package that Microsoft does not have installed, the report will display the visual in Service just as would in Desktop. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-r-packages-support
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Power BI service at powerbi.com has an instance of R available with some sample packages. As long as your R visual doesn't rely on a package that Microsoft does not have installed, the report will display the visual in Service just as would in Desktop. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-r-packages-support
deldersveld thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for.
