@Ncedia wrote:
Hi!
I have some questions regarding showing Power BI reports in a custom web application.
The web application is based on an ASP.NET 4.6/ASP.NET identity, (claims aware) and the users authenticate with an AD FS server.
(Both onprem Active Directory and other non Active Directory IDP).
- Is it possible to publish an embedded Power BI report in the web application, and show data based on the logged in user identity?
- If this is possible, does the users of the web application need any Power BI licens?
Best regards!
/Jonas
@Ncedia
Two options.
With license, you can use Embedding with Power BI users and set Power BI Row Level Security or either use filter.
Without license, you'll have to use Embedding with non-Power BI users. As to filter or using RLS, RLS used to work for the old embedding model(deprecated), for the new model, the RLS feature is on the roadmap and would be released in next quarter. So at this moment, use filter in the Power BI Javascript API can be the only workaround. See a demo below.
<html>
<script src="https://microsoft.github.io/PowerBI-JavaScript/demo/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="https://microsoft.github.io/PowerBI-JavaScript/demo/node_modules/powerbi-client/dist/powerbi.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function () {
var users= ["user1"]; //get the client name with javascript from your page
var Filter = {
$schema: "http://powerbi.com/product/schema#basic",
target: {
table: "Table",
column: "username"
},
operator: "Contains",
values: users
}
// Read embed application token from Model
var accessToken = "H4sIAAAAAAAEAB2 xxxxx uCwAA";
// Read embed URL from Model
var embedUrl = "https://app.powerbi.com/reportEmbed?reportId=1f1d9145-738a-4d20-ab5b-1236b283e942&groupId=73e1a3c6-08c4-4651-aa04-2bb701a573c7";
// Read report Id from Model
var embedReportId = "1f1d9145-738a-4d20-ab5b-1236b283e942";
// Get models. models contains enums that can be used.
var models = window['powerbi-client'].models;
// Embed configuration used to describe the what and how to embed.
// This object is used when calling powerbi.embed.
// This also includes settings and options such as filters.
// You can find more information at https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-JavaScript/wiki/Embed-Configuration-Details.
var embedConfiguration = {
type: 'report',
tokenType: models.TokenType.Embed,
accessToken: accessToken,
embedUrl: embedUrl,
id: embedReportId,
permissions: models.Permissions.All,
filters:[Filter,Filter2],
settings: {
filterPaneEnabled: true,
navContentPaneEnabled: true
}
};
var $reportContainer = $('#reportContainer');
var report = powerbi.embed($reportContainer.get(0), embedConfiguration);
}
</script>
<div id="reportContainer" powerbi-settings-nav-content-pane-enabled="true" powerbi-settings-filter-pane-enabled="true"></div>
</html>
