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jamesc69
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10 years ago

Power BI in digital signage

We have a need to display Power BI dashboards within a business that can cycle through different reports.  We have looked at various digital signage solutions but each one of them falls down with not...
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DMiradakis
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3 years ago

Hey everyone,

 

I'm not late to this thread because I've been contributing to this need since 2018, all the way back when I was maintaing a free Chrome extension to do this for the community.

 

Anyways, all these years later, and I discovered that the Power BI community still has a huge need for this, and no one ever seems to do it right. So here's my solution: it's called Displagent, you can find it here: https://www.displagent.io

 

I have built a cross-platform desktop app dedicated ONLY FOR POWER BI. I don't have a general TV signage software that I'm offering, mine is exclusively built for Power BI alone.

 

Ultimately, you'll have to be the judge of what solution seems best to you, but here's a few reasons why I've got the best one on the market:

  • As I said, my entire software is built only for Power BI; it's not a general TV signage software.
  • My app is a desktop app that runs on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. In particular, Displagent can support Raspberry Pis - very popular with manufacturers.
  • My app has the best form of authentication you could ask for. Displagent requires you to have a Power BI service account and create an Azure App Registration, and then enter these credentials in the app.
    • But, since it's a desktop app that you download, it stores the credentials on your machines.
    • The credentials never go anywhere into the app's backend, and I don't store your access tokens or refresh tokens anywhere in my backend either.
    • Displagent also don't store your access tokens or refresh tokens in the browser - that has plenty of security vulnerabilities in and of itself.
    • And since you register an Azure App Registration for mine, you don't have to worry about "re-authenticating" or periodically logging back in to keep the connections good; Azure App Registrations are by far the best, least-painful way to go about this.
    • All of these credentials are stored on your machine, and for further security, Displagent uses your machine's operation system to encrypt the credentials file for added security (this is why it's offered as a desktop app).
  • You can make report slideshows, dashboard slideshows, and compound slideshows (any combo of the first two types).
  • For report slideshows:
    • Displagent supports report pages (tabs) as well as report bookmarks (no one else does this).
    • You can give each item a custom ordering (tab 1, then tab 6, then bookmark 3, then tab 2, and so on...).
    • You can give each item a custom duration (tab 1 for 15 seconds, tab 6 for 120 seconds, and so on...).
    • You can assign the slideshow a refresh interval of up to every 15 seconds if you would like.
      • Mine is highly optimized for real-time or near real-time needs; very popular with manufacturing companies.
  • Import Mode, Direct Query, Streaming datasets supported
    • This is because Displagent uses the Power BI JavaScript SDK.
  • Very affordable pricing, not charged per device/TV.

I've got many other awesome features on the way. Drop your email on my website or let me know if you're interested at [email protected].

 

Thanks!