Show version or displayName from pbiviz.json on visual

[Anonymous]

I want to show version or displayName from pbiviz.json in my visual.

In small print just to make it easy for knowing which reports need new versions of my visual.

I can not find a method to access these values. Is there a way to do that?

[dm-p · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

Add "resolveJsonModule": true to the compilerOptions in your tsconfig.json [documentation].

Add an import in the desired .ts file for your pbiviz.json. Assuming that you're using src/visual.ts, this would look something like the following:

import * as pbiviz from '../pbiviz.json';

You can now access the JSON from pbiviz.json as if it were an object, e.g.:

pbiviz.visual.displayName;

I'm using this in Deneb for a similar reason. You can see where I'm doing this here if you need it for reference.

Regards,

Daniel

[Anonymous]

Yes! 👍

As simple as that.

Thanks a lot.

[v-rzhou-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

I think you can try to change the GUID in custom visual json code.

{
    "visual": {
        "name": "CustomVisual", // internal visual name (should not contain spaces)
        "displayName": "Custom Visual!", // visual name displayed to user (used in gallery)
        "guid": "PBI_CV_xxxxxxx", // a unique id for this visual MUST BE UNIQUE
        "visualClassName": "Custom" // the entry class for your visual. (By default Visual: visual.ts)
        "version": "1.0.0", // visual version. Should be semantic version (increment if you update the visual)
        "description": "", // description used in gallery
        "supportUrl": "", // url to where users can get support for this visual
        "gitHubUrl": "" // url to the source in github (if applicable)
    },

Here is a solved post with similar issue like yours. I hope it could help you solve your issue.

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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[Anonymous]

I have no idea how this should help solve my problem.

In my visual to access the metadata (contained in the pbiviz.json) and then display that in a label in the visual.

something like

var version = this.metadata.visual.version;

This is not the correct syntax, but I can not find any info whether this is possible or how to do it.