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Anonymous
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No '+ Add a tile' option visible

I'm looking to add a widget to a power bi report. I've found a few articles explaining how to add web content to a dashboard using the '+Add a tile' option from the Power BI online service.

 

Links to articles: 

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/power-bi-how-to-add-web-content-to-dashboard/

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Add-a-widget-to-a-Power-BI-report/td-p/2409811

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/service-dashboard-add-widget

 

What I am supposed to see:

 

Capture4.PNG

 

 

 

 

 

However, I do not see the '+Add a tile' option or even the 'Edit' dropdown. All I have is an 'Edit' button which when pressed opens the editor. I've tried finding the option using search box and combing through the visuals pane and the ribbon. I even tried another route with the HTML viewer custom visual in desktop but that came with its own problems.

 
What I see: 
Capture6.PNG
After selecting the three dots:
Capture5.PNG
After selecting 'Edit':
Capture7.PNG
 

 

Also, I'm using gov.us but I'm not sure whether that has anything to do with the issue.

For reference, here is the widget code I'd like to use: 

 

 

 

div class="embedsocial-forms-iframe" data-ref="71104d53274b4f2bc8c8d7cb555a66f367abb5ca" data-widget="true" data-height="auto"></div><script>(function(d, s, id){var js; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src="https://embedsocial.com/cdn/ef.js"; d.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(js);}(document, "script", "EmbedSocialFormsScript"));</script

 

 

 

 

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Greg_Deckler
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@Anonymous Are you sure that you aren't in a report instead of a dashboard? In your report, try pinning a visual to a dashboard to see if you have an existing dashboard or to create a new dashboard.



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Greg_Deckler
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@Anonymous Are you sure that you aren't in a report instead of a dashboard? In your report, try pinning a visual to a dashboard to see if you have an existing dashboard or to create a new dashboard.



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Anonymous
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That was the problem - I wasn't actually on a dashboard. Thank you @Greg_Deckler !

Anonymous
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That was the problem. I wasn't actually on a dashboard. Thank you!

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