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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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Visio Visual not working in Power BI Desktop

I have followed the steps in this tutorial for importing a Visio file into the Power BI Desktop Application:   https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/add-visio-visuals-to-power-bi-reports-4f09b...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    I have finally managed to get everything workgin now. I saved the Power BI file  (.pbix) on my desktop and uploaded it to Power BI Online. I added the embeded URL to the Visio Visual in Power BI Online and the visio diagram is now working. 

    This only works in the Chrome browser, but not Microsoft Edge.

    Thanks for the help!

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v-lionel-msft
Community Support
5 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

 

I didn't reproduce your problem.

My Power BI Desktop version: 2.88.1144.0 64-bit (December 2020)

1. Is the field added to the "ID" label uniquely identifiable?

2. Upload the .vsdx file to OneDrive for business (SharePoint online) and open the file in your browser and get the embed URL. Did you do this?

 

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    Thanks for the response, Lionel. 

     

    I have a unique ID associate with each object in my visio file, which I uploaded to One Drive.

     

    I also have a unique ID on my data set in Power BI. Next, I clicked on the "Visio Visual", and copied/pasted the Embed URL from my visio in One Drive into the text box on the Visio Visual Diagram and clicked "Connect" and it is still displaying a blank diagram.

     

     

    My current version of Desktop Power BI is 2.88.621.0 64-bit (December 2020)

     

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      I have finally managed to get everything workgin now. I saved the Power BI file  (.pbix) on my desktop and uploaded it to Power BI Online. I added the embeded URL to the Visio Visual in Power BI Online and the visio diagram is now working. 

      This only works in the Chrome browser, but not Microsoft Edge.

      Thanks for the help!

      • damian_bell's avatar
        damian_bell
        Frequent Visitor
        4 years ago

        Hi Anonymous - did you ever manage to get this working in PBI Desktop?
        I came across this thread as I have exactly the same issue; my Visio visual does not appear in desktop (nor does the demo visio file). In both cases the Visio visual does appear in PBI Online when I enter the embed URL but that doesn't help as I still need to build and configure the report in desktop. 
        Any help appreciated!