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Digital Signage with PowerBi Interactivity
Hi, LivOn123 ... thanks for explaining the additional details—that really helps.
Given your requirements:
- You want an app running directly on the TVs for security reasons (no laptops plugged in).
- The app should load automatically each morning without manual browser setup.
- It needs to support full Power BI interactivity (clicking visuals, slicers, drill-through).
- And also handle standard signage features like slides.
Here’s what I’d recommend:
Why OptiSigns falls short
OptiSigns is great for auto-loading content, but as you’ve seen, it doesn’t support interactive Power BI reports—it only displays static dashboards or refreshes them periodically.
Best Approach for Your Scenario
The most reliable way to achieve this is to use Power BI Embedded inside a custom kiosk-style app that runs on your signage player (Windows or Android). This gives you:
- Full interactivity with Power BI visuals.
- Automatic loading when the TV turns on (just like OptiSigns).
- No need to manually open browsers every day.
- Compliance with your security requirements.
You’d essentially install an app on each TV or signage device that:
- Hosts the embedded Power BI report.
- Cycles through slides or other content as needed.
Alternatives to Explore
If building a custom app isn’t ideal, you can look at platforms like:
- NoviSign or ScreenCloud: They support embedding web apps and can auto-load content. Interactivity depends on touchscreen compatibility and how they handle authentication.
- TelemetryTV: Similar concept—worth checking if they allow interactive sessions.
Security Note
Avoid “Publish to Web” for sensitive data—it’s public. Instead, use Power BI Embedded or secure Power BI Service authentication within the app.
Disclaimer: This message was drafted with the assistance of Microsoft Copilot to ensure clarity and professionalism.
Hi,
Apologies, I should have specified that we want an app to be able to do this through due to security issues.
Ideally we want to have an app running on our TV's that has the capability to allow us to use the features interactively of PowerBi as well as running slides of info.
I am unsure of if PowerBi Embedded Report would give us this result.
Hi LivOn123 ,
If you are able to open a browser on that TV, maybe you can use this method. It will require account from your company, and if you have secuirty issues you can add RLS and Securtiy Group so anybody can not open the report.
Here is how you can do it:
First click these:
Secondly copy the first bar's link:
With this link and your organizational account, you can open reports. But there is a problem with that. Navigation bar and filter pane are usable in this link. If you add this to end of your link there is a pure report screen!
&filterPaneEnabled=false&navContentPaneEnabled=false
Like your copied link&filterPaneEnabled=false&navContentPaneEnabled=false
Maybe you can try this 🙂
Hi,
That souds like a relly good idea. The only issue is that each day we turn off our TV's and then turn them on every morning and doing it that way would mean we would have to go into the browser and load this on every TV every day.
Using optisigns at the moment means we can turn on a TV and it will auto-load our content, the only issue we are having is there is no interactivity through optisigns.
Thank you so much for your suggestion though!
Hi,
If you get this link and add to your bookmark, whenever you refresh you can see the report with interactivity 🙂 You are welcome.
If this solved your issue, please mark it as the accepted solution. ✅
Hi,
Thanks but that would still require everyday to go onto the web browser of the TV and then go into my bookmarks so this isn't really a solution for me.
My whole post was aimed at getting ideas from multiple people/companies using similar software/apps.