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Hi,
Im looking to display my Power BI report in our manufacturing office on a TV.
I need to be able to access it live ideally, have tried with powerpoint but again cant display it on a TV without a computer aswell to run it. I tried online powerpoint but it doesnt have a feature to cycle through slides on a timer unlike the desktop app. I am out of ideas.
Cant cycle through pages of the report either online ^
Any help?
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Hello @Anonymous ,
if you have a what they call a " smart TV" you can download the power bi mobile app and can navigate through the reports that are published.
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Hi @Anonymous ,
As per my knowledge in manufacturing plants mostly they will use mini PC with TV or large monitors and they will use Microsoft edge(it will allow to stay signed in for longer hours)
browser to display reports.And they will use remote desktop app for management.
Thanks,
Sai Teja
As another answer mentioned, many manufacturing (and other similar) companies will purchase dedicated computer devices and connect/plug-in those devices to their TVs.
Disclaimer: I run a 3rd party dedicated Power BI digital signage app called Displagent, and this is how my customers setup their Power BI digital signage: they buy dedicated computer devices and run my app on them.
There used to be a Windows Store Power BI viewer app that Microsoft had, but they retired it in December 2023. And on top of that, it was Windows-only/not cross-platform. My app is cross-platform, and people seem to really like using Raspberry Pis for their TV digital signage computers. If you are not familiar with them, they are tiny and cheap Linux devices, perfect for scenarios such as you described.
There are other solutions like Chrome extensions, the Powerpoint Power BI integration, other digital signage providers, using the built-in TV browsers, and so on, and here is my issue with them:
Anyways, this answer is probably long enough already. Just wanted to provide some details as to why I don't like a lot of the other solutions in this place. This problem is actually a lot harder to solve than people realize. If you have any questions, I'm open to talk, and my email is daniel@displagent.io
Hi @Anonymous ,
As per my knowledge in manufacturing plants mostly they will use mini PC with TV or large monitors and they will use Microsoft edge(it will allow to stay signed in for longer hours)
browser to display reports.And they will use remote desktop app for management.
Thanks,
Sai Teja
Hello @Anonymous ,
if you have a what they call a " smart TV" you can download the power bi mobile app and can navigate through the reports that are published.
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