Creating a link to a power BI report

[NewbieJono]

I have an email template with a Link to a report, all seemed to be wokring but now the users get the following message. Any ideas?  the link works for me fine!

[v-cazheng-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @NewbieJono ,

According to the design of Power BI service, any user who would like to access the content published in it needs a license and they need do authentication before they can view these content. If you click on the link of a report or any other content that generated from Power BI service, then you will see the following authentication page. In this page, you need input the email of a Power BI service account and complete the authentication as the guidance. After that, content like report will be rendered successfully.

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Caiyun

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let me know. Thanks a lot!

[NewbieJono]

For some reason i never see this when i click the link, also my users never used to but its started happening in the past week

[v-cazheng-msft]

Hi @NewbieJono ,

May I know how you get this link? Did you get it by copying from the browser address bar or getting it by Publish to Web?  Before you click on the link, were you already logged into the Power BI service in your browser?

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Caiyun

[NewbieJono]

i think i copied the browser link

[v-cazheng-msft]

Hi @NewbieJono ,

Thanks for your reply! Got it. If so, authentication is needed to access the report just as the description earlier.  

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Caiyun

[NewbieJono]

what is the best way i can issue a link and manage all the people who have access through the same link?

[v-cazheng-msft]

Hi @NewbieJono ,

Actually, we does provide feature to share report/dashboard and manage permissions to it through a link of the report/dashboard. For more details, you may refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-share-dashboards. Hope it will help you.

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Caiyun

[ibarrau]

Hi. That's something that has changed in Microsoft web site. It happens to me too. Each time I want to login in the powerbi url, I need to write my email in the same picture you have and submit. Then it logs in.

It's like the cookies won't go automatically to the site and you need to set that first.

I hope that helps,