Publishing a new corporate mobile app containing a shortcut to PowerBI dashboard

[JohnyOhYeah]

Dear Colleagues,

We want to push the PowerBI dashboard to a group of company owned mobile devices as a shortcut. Mobile devices are managed via Intune (Company portal).

In order to push them we want to push not an app but a shortcut containing the hyperlink to the PowerBI dashboard.

We found a way to generate a direct link to PowerBI mobile app which will avoid redirect through Edge. 
The reason why we wanted it is because for some test users who have non-updated Edge, the redirect wasn't working properly.
Direct link was generated in the form mspbi://app/OpenReport?ReportObjectId=XXXXXXX&GroupObjectId=XXXXXXXX like advised in this Microsoft article.
However it appeared that we cannot use this link when publishing a new app within Company portal and we receive the error "Enter a valid url beginning with http:// or https://" 

Does someone know how we can overcome this hurdle?

[mshenhav]

hey @JohnyOhYeah ,

Is this URL template not working properly for you? can you please explain what is broken?
http://app.powerbi.com/Redirect?[QUERYPARAMETERS]

Can you try using standard univeresal link (copied from the address bar)? it suppose to open the report in a browser with a button to open with the app, and once a user selects this option, the device will know to use the app the next time a same URL is selected. 

Maya

[mshenhav · Accepted solution]

Hey @JohnyOhYeah ,

Can you check if your mobile broswer is set to desktop browsing?

Tap the three-dot menu at the top right and check if "Desktop site" is enabled. If so disable it.

Maya

[JohnyOhYeah]

Dear Maya,

I think it helped in this case, thanks!

Warm regards,

Ivan

[JohnyOhYeah]

Dear Maya,

For some reason this default link you suggested doesn't work on Android device. I mean it doesn't suggest the option to open PowerBI mobile app, just opens the link in browser desktop mode with small icons on the dashboard

[v-stephen-msft]

Hi @JohnyOhYeah ,

Thanks for reaching out the community.

Where did you take the screenshot? I'm not too familiar with the interface of your screenshot.

mspbi://app/... link is used to jump to Power BI Mobile Apps on your mobile device.

But judging from your error message, your address bar only supports URLs that start with http:// or https://.

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

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[JohnyOhYeah]

Thank you for prompt repsonse, Stephen!
This error is from Intune >  weblink Add Apps. I am attaching additional screenshot