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Anonymous
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10 years ago

[Discussion] Interactive TV displays Power BI

Hello,

 

We are trying to mount an interactive TV in our office so people who walking by can play with the dashboards and reports. But there are some problems that need to be solved. Any suggestions are welcome!

 

 

Current Plan:

  • Use an interactive TV like Sharp 70” PN-C703B ($3,540) or 60” PN-L603B ($4,560) (Surface Hub is too expensive…)
  • Mount a mini PC behind the TV
  • PC opens Chrome and Powerbi.com dashboard full screen

 

 

 

Some problems that need any input:

  • Any way to prevent people from closing Chrome?
  • Any way to prevent people from exiting full-screen mode? (the button is at bottom right so people might accidently click that)
  • Any way to go back to main dashboard page after someone clicked into the report and INACTIVE for three minutes?

 

Or, did you encounter any problems in your organization that need a heads up?

 

Any suggestions will be helpful!

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      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        10 years ago

        Thanks a lot!! This is super helpful!! 

         

        An additional question. Do you have any suggestion on Chrome Auto-refreshing the dashboard/report? Assume I have scheduled refresh twice a day. 

         

        Thanks again! 

  • jameslo30's avatar
    jameslo30
    Advocate III
    10 years ago

    greggyb - Thanks for the info on the chomeless option. I couldn't find this information anywhere. I've put suggestions to PowerBI to make the "Full Screen" option have extra features (i.e. Auto refresh / Auto Page Change).

     

    There doesn't seem to be much support for the presentation side of PowerBI. We have multiple big screen TV's with our KPI's on, but I've had to tweek stuff to get it working.

     

    If you are running Windows 10, there is a PowerBI app for viewing reports. However, I don't think it automatically refreshes and may not be suitable for showing on presentation screens.

     

    For anyone out there looking for an auto refresh, there is an excellent Chome plugin called "Auto Refresh Plus" - It's free and allows you to refresh the current webpage on a timer. 

     

     One of our office screen's - with figures removed for business reasons ;)

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      10 years ago

      Hi jameslo30,

       

      Thanks a lot for the chrome extension! I'm going to try this out today!

       

      an additional questions, In your organization, do you currently have a way to make the report go back to dashboard page/main page after Windows is inactive for a while?

      • jameslo30's avatar
        jameslo30
        Advocate III
        10 years ago

        Anonymous - We use a program called AutoTab. In a nutshell, it auto-tabs programs (in our case, Chome browsers) on a timer. 

        If that's what you mean.