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rcyber
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6 years ago
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Using Edge instead of IE in Power BI Desktop

Hello there,

As I understand Power BI desktop uses built-in IE browser that is actually very outdated.

Is it possible to use Edge instead?

There are a lot of issues with IE such as it does not support arrow functions those are used in scripts on login pages. So, there is no way to integrate some systems with Power BI...

Regards,

Alexander.

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  • ShengLiu's avatar
    ShengLiu
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    6 years ago

    Hi rcyber , latest PowerBI Desktop does not use IE as built-in browser.

  • mholo65's avatar
    mholo65
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    6 years ago

    While I can see that Power BI Desktop uses CefSharp for some parts, it still seems that the OAuth2 StartLogin for custom connectors are started with Internet Explorer. This e.g. makes it impossible to authenticate with GitHub as GitHub doesn't support Internet Explorer anymore.

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    rcyber
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    6 years ago

    mholo65,

    yes, I meant the window that appears when PBI calls StartLogin function.

    Of course, the main canvas for reports can't be under IE, it won't work at all.

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