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zbhavyai
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2 years ago

Embed Power BI without Azure Capacity

Hi,   I am integrating Power BI Embed with my application, using Embed for your customers. My app is used by third parties, users would first authenticate and then in a different SPA they would see...
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zbhavyai's avatar
zbhavyai
New Member
2 years ago

Hi aj1973 

 

I have used OptiSign myself, and the Power BI report URL I tried was a private report in a workspace that did not have Azure Capacity attached to it. I checked if they make the Power BI report public behind the scenes, which they don't. Also, my Power BI account was a Pro trial with trial token over, still the Power BI embed was working fine with their system.

 

 

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aj1973
Community Champion
2 years ago

What do you mean by private report?

How did you check if their URL is public or not?

You said you have a trial license, if it is expired then nothing works as it was.

Again, no embed without capacity.

 

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    zbhavyai
    New Member
    2 years ago

    Hello aj1973 

     

    • By private report I meant a report which is not shared publicly.
    • After embedding using OptiSign, I confirm if its still private by trying to open the URL of the report in incognito/private tab.
    • Yes I had a trial license, but I didn't say trial was over. I said trial tokens were over.
    • And yes, as per MS documentation I thought it shouldn't work, but the companies I mentioned somehow make the embedding work without any capacity. 

     

    Thanks

    • aj1973's avatar
      aj1973
      Community Champion
      2 years ago

      It sounds to me like you don't know the difference between Public URL and private. 

      Do this please, copy the URL of the report from those client's website, paste the URL in another browser (does not have to be incognito). If the report opens then it is public else and it asks for credentials then it's private.

      Again, I don't see how to embed a report without capacity or maybe a free trial.

      Let's see

       

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        zbhavyai
        New Member
        2 years ago

        I tried embedding again today with OptiSign; although I couldn't get the exact URL of the Power BI report that they use after it gets "embedded" in their web app, but I could notice two things:

         

        1. The URL that they use in their web app is their own - and its like this: https://social-player.optisigns.com/microsoft-bi/?asset_id=<ASSET_ID>&type=report&AccessKeyId=<ACCESS_KEY_ID>&Signature=<SIGNATURE>&Expires=1702681468888&s=p&isPreviewPortal=1

        2. The above URL is public, and somehow "synced" to the report. If I make some changes in my report, in few seconds, it gets reflected in the report as shown by that URL as well.

         

        I am pretty sure that they are not using Power BI Embedded Analytics API. I say that because-

        1. I have a new trial Pro account, without any Azure Capacity attached. When I use that account in my app (which follows MS's embedded documentation), the embedded report shows Free Trial banner at the top. But embedding in OptiSign's app doesn't show any such banner.

         

        2. As I mentioned this before, in my old trial Pro account, when the trial tokens got over, embedding in my app stopped working but it continued to work in OptiSign.

         

        Anyways, I think just like me, you also don't know embedding without capacity. I'll keep this thread open until I find a real solution or a hack.