Power BI Embedded - Hyperlinks Not Opening New Tab, Can Only Right-click and Open link in new tab

[Magellan2022]

Hello,

We're using Power BI Embedded within a custom web portal where I'm having an issue where the Power BI table visual hyperlinks are not opening a new tab when clicking the hyperlink itself. The hyperlinks open without issue through Desktop as well as through the PBI Service. But once I open the report through the web portal, clicking the hyperlink doesn't do anything. I can only right-click the cell and then select "Open link in new tab" in order to get the new tab to load.

Any ideas why?

[Magellan2022 · Accepted solution]

We hit the button F12 to see the code being executed when the hyperlink is clicked in the report that is embedded in the web site. The javascript being executed on the click event wasn't coded originally to handle opening external hyperlinks which is why a new browser window wasn't opening up. The web developer updated the javascript to fix the issue.

[v-shex-msft]

HI @Magellan2022,

According to your description, I think this issue should more related the portal and web browser security/settings. Please double check their settings if they block hyperlink open in the new table.

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

[Magellan2022]

One of the reports we have leverages the custom visual "PureViz Infographic" and so we added a hyperlink URL to see what happens. Turns out we are able to open the link in a new window upon clicking it. We're going to be meeting with our web developer to further troubleshoot the issue on why a table visual with the hyperlink doesn't open a new tab.