URL with parameter not working in a paginated report when sharing it with external party

[Oliver_L]

Hi there,

Currently, we are having an issue when try to share a paginated report with external parties. This paginated report (reportA) has a field ( Field1),  Field1 has an action - go to URL.  This URL consists of  the URL of another paginated report (reportB which is in the same workspace) with an parameter (id - the value of Field1).  This parameter (id) is also used in paginated reportB as input.

What we wanted to achieve is that when people click any value in Field1, it will jump to Paginated reportB with the parameter of Field1 value.  We have finished this part, and this is working when we test it by using internal powerbi account.

However, when we share it with external party, they can open both reports individually, but the link in ReportA Field1 doesn't work and come with an error: Sorry, we couldn't find that report. It mat have been deleted or you may not have access to view it. 

Very curious about why external parties have this error? Is that because of some security settings? 

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Hi @Oliver_L ,

Refer this document, URL filters are supported in some embedding scenarios and not in others.

If you're sharing reports from a shared workspace, consider creating an App Workspace specifically for external users. This allows better control over permissions and sharing. Publish the reports to the App Workspace and share the app with external users.

 Considering your scenario involves sharing with external parties, a more reliable approach might be using Power BI's "Embed for your customers" feature. This method allows embedding Power BI content, including paginated reports, into applications for external users without requiring them to authenticate with Power BI credentials.

Refer: Power BI embedded analytics overview - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards,

Neeko Tang

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[Oliver_L]

Hi Neeko,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, we are using the APP to share these paginated reports with external parties.  The problem is the URL link is working well inside the organization, but couldn't opened by external parties even after we add them to the APP audience list.

Not sure why this happened.

Thanks