View PDFs in PowerBI

[sam245gonsalves]

Is there a way to open & view PDF files in Power BI?

I tried using the PDF Viewer visual but converting the pdf to base64 is proving to being a very difficult task. I used the online tool to get this done with 0 luck. I cant even get the sample file provided by the creator to work by copy+pasting their base strings in my project & in effect replicating their project.

I have a 20+ page PDF reports repositority that I need to "move" to powerBI?

I do not want to just create links to where the file is stored, but want to be able to view it inside of powerBI. Please help.

Thanks

[v-lionel-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @sam245gonsalves ,

" I cant even get the sample file provided by the creator to work by copy+pasting their base strings in my project & in effect replicating their project."

The reason why you can't reproduce the visual with the data in the sample file is because you copied the data table directly. 

I think the reason for this problem is that the text length reaches the limit of the cell, which causes the text to be truncated.

Chris Webb's BI Blog: What Is The Maximum Length Of A Text Value In Power BI? Chris Webb's BI Blog (...

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

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[lamber67]

This visual can display PDF in the report/dashboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEou0LuPjkA

[PaulDBrown]

@sam245gonsalves 

Not exactly what you need but an interesting alternative I think

Embed a PowerPoint in an app