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Links to Published Power BI Report on Server Don't Work From Microsoft Word or Excel

Submitted by Anonymous on ‎07-27-2021 12:43 PM

Something strange.  A link that is known to be valid, when clicked, doesn't take the user to the report itself.  Rather, it takes users to the Power BI login page.  This behavior takes place from Microsoft Word and Excel.  However, the same link from Microsoft Teams or Outlook, when clicked, takes you directly to the report itself bypassing the login page.  This is the desired behavior.  Both sets of responses are observed repeatibly. 

 

I think this represents a bug.  A link, whether it's valid or not, should take you to the same place whether it's clicked from Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, or really any other program.  I'd like to submit the behavior for bug research, please.

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econzemius
Regular Visitor
‎07-27-2021 01:06 PM

We are experiencing the same with all of our Power BI reports when using chrome (Firefox and Edge seem to work as they did in the past.) 

 

We can get it to work if, from the Power BI home page,  we click Power BI service and login; the report will work next time it the url is clicked.   Or  logging into in one of browser tabs, works too.

  The login re-direct seems to have changed.

This started last week for us.

 

Please advise.

Anonymous
Not applicable
‎07-27-2021 01:24 PM

OK here's some more information:  

 

  1. I noticed that sometimes the links work from Word and Excel.  If you don't have a web browser open that has already logged you into Power BI, clicking the link will take you directly to the report.  However, if you already have a tab open that is at powerbi.com, or if you've had a tab open already on the session that the link loads to, you will be taken to the login page.
  2. I tried Microsoft Edge instead.  I get the exact same behavior with Edge.
  3. Outlook still doesn't take you to the login page no matter if it's the first time/subsequent time.
econzemius
Regular Visitor
‎07-27-2021 02:25 PM

Do your links work if you add a UPN parameter at the end of the string?    "?UPN=myemaill@company.com"

v-chuncz-msft
Community Support
Community Support
‎07-28-2021 01:53 AM

@Anonymous 

 

You may try adding "?noSignUpCheck=1" to the URL.

Anonymous
Not applicable
‎08-05-2021 02:12 PM

@v-chuncz-msft.  Thanks for the tip!  Adding "?noSignUpCheck=1" to the end of each URL resolved it!

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