Dynamic Carousel in Power BI Dashboard Web Content Tile

[Antonia]

Hello,

I’m working on embedding custom HTML/CSS/JavaScript code within a Power BI Web Content Tile, and my goal is to create an interactive tile that functions like a mini webpage. Specifically, I’m looking to implement a navigation bar and a carousel that displays flash news, images, captions, and links. However, the challenge I’m facing is ensuring that the content displayed in the carousel is dynamic and can be easily updated.

Initially, I attempted to load the carousel data (image URLs, captions, and links) from an Excel file stored in SharePoint using JavaScript. Unfortunately, I encountered CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) issues, which prevented the data from loading properly.

I need a reliable way to store and update this structured data and dynamically load it into the carousel using JavaScript.

Could you advise on the best approach to achieve this?

Thank you in advance for your guidance and support!

Best regards,
Antonia

[Antonia]

Yes they asked me to insert this feature. Actually, we would like to add a navigation bar in order to navigate to the different reports and tools easily. In addition, the reason we want to create the carousel is to represent the flash news in a better and fancier way. 

[ibarrau]

Hi. You can make a great navigation inside Power bi reports. Build it with the same template, color coding, style and users will have a great experience. You can also use PowerBi Apps to match colors with the navigation.

For html, be careful. The Web Tile at dashboards is just for embedding a web that already exists. It's not for pasting a big code. For that you might need to build the web in a different host and embed it. Remember there is also a html content custom visual for reports that could help here. None of them will let you use javascript, only css style. There are many custom visuals that could help here too showing boxes of news like this one: https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/power-bi-visuals/WA104381278?tab=Overview

I hope that helps,

[lbendlin]

I’m working on embedding custom HTML/CSS/JavaScript code within a Power BI Web Content Tile,

What are the insights your report users can get from that?  Did your users ask for this feature?