Custom Visualisation Sharing

[tsheldrick]

HI, 

When users in an organisation want to share custom visuals they bought off the appstore. Are other users in their organisation able to interact with these visuals on Power BI Service? or are they able to view them? How does sharing custom visualisations work with different licencing. Thanks

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @tsheldrick ,

As far as I know, the custom visual in app source is Power BI certified.
Some of the custom visual are free and you can use them directly, some of them need to buy license to fulfill your presentation needs and you need to sign in with the accont with license to edit.
But these custom visual can be viewed normally after you share them to the users in your organization.

For example when you use powerapp visuals which need to sign in with accounts, it will display when you share it with your teammates in Power BI Service. It's like embedding with master user methods.

For reference:

Import Power BI visuals from AppSource or from a file - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Frequently asked questions about Power BI visuals - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

You can also learn more about share with coworkers:

Share Power BI reports and dashboards with coworkers and others - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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[tsheldrick]

HI, Thank you for the response Ibendlin. Just to confirm, If I as part of my organisation account buy and use a custom visual from the appstore, and then publish this report to the power Bi service, are other people in my organisation automatically able to view and interact with this visual or do they also need to individually buy the visual or is it up to the developer to decide how licencing works? Thanks.

[lbendlin]

Most likely #2, with #3 as fallback.

[lbendlin]

When you publish a report with a custom visual that visual's code is embedded in the PBIX, and thus available to the service.  Report users can consume the visual (they will have to provide licensing information if applicable).  It is up to the developer to keep the version up to date.