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Issues sharing PowerBi report for viewing in Sharepoint
Hi All,
I have a PowerBi Pro licence and have created a report that I want to share within the organisation that I work for. Initially I am looking to embed the report within a test page on a sharepoint site.
Using the PowerBi web part within sharepoint and the report URl from publishing to the powerbi service, I have been able to view the report within the sharepoint test page successfully.
However;
- a colleague with a PowerBi free account is prompted to 'upgrade the current power bi license to view the report'
- a colleague with no powerbi account has a prompt to sign up to PowerBi
I had read online that it should be possible for non powerbi users to view and interact with reports that were added to a sharepoint page? Am I misguided in my thought and if not, are their any tips to allow this method to work?
Many thanks,
Hi - this is my understanding based on experience and Embed a report web part in SharePoint Online - Power BI | Microsoft Learn, but I'm not an expert on licensing!!
- if the report and semantic model are in a Premium workspace, viewers (via Sharepoint or not) only need a free Power BI account to view the report
- if either the report or the semantic model are in a pro workspace, viewers (via Sharepoint or not) need a pro or PPU licence to view the report
Hope that helps!
You can't use SharePoint embeds to bypass licensing, they need a license to view (pro, or if you have premium that negates).
2 Replies
- m13eam
Resolver III
Hi - this is my understanding based on experience and Embed a report web part in SharePoint Online - Power BI | Microsoft Learn, but I'm not an expert on licensing!!
- if the report and semantic model are in a Premium workspace, viewers (via Sharepoint or not) only need a free Power BI account to view the report
- if either the report or the semantic model are in a pro workspace, viewers (via Sharepoint or not) need a pro or PPU licence to view the report
Hope that helps!
- christinepayton
Most Valuable Professional
You can't use SharePoint embeds to bypass licensing, they need a license to view (pro, or if you have premium that negates).