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Power BI Report web part for SharePoint Online Discussion
Resident RockstarThanks for this, it all works as advertised for me, but I'm a little mystified as to the use case.
If everyone who accesses these shared reports requires a Power BI Pro licence, then what is the benefit of putting the report on Sharepoint ? The Power BI pro users can access through Groups, Content Packs or shared Dashboards. What extra does Sharepoint provide ?
Oh, one more thing, PowerBi service now has a "Preview Features" option, (in Settings). So why is this preview feature being shown on the main menu, why can't we turn it on (and more importantly OFF) with the "Preview Features" ?
Stuart
Burningsuit the use case is pretty straightforward - many organizations use SharePoint Online to manage team, build portals, etc. In many cases these teams or portals need to display data to help people be productive. People in those organizations know to go to those portals/pages to get the latest information. So now, Power BI reports can be embedded directly in those pages. It'll make rolling out standard reports to 'everyone' who needs them easier. .
You mentioned Office 365 groups. Each group has it's own team site. Now you can not only put reports into group workspaces in Power BI, but you can also reflect those back into the group's team site pages as well.
- Burningsuit
Anonymous so then if the use case is that SharePoint users can consume PowerBi reports without going into PowerBi. Why then charge them a PowerBi Pro licence fee for features that they may never use ?
Stuart
- SergeiStPete
Helper I
Anonymous, the idea is great, i guess no one against it. The only question why all these people who potentially could see the reports (okay, their emloyer) shall pay 10 bucks/month per person or so for the possibility to see such reports.
@lukaszp Do you have an answer to the issue with PowerBI licensing? I have viewed every single thread on this topic and you have clearly ignored questions about licensing while at the same time answering other questions. Is it that you do not have an answer, that you are waiting on one, or that you haven't even bothered to pursue this issue with the people above you? I see no reason why this should be such a sensitive topic. IF Microsoft wants companies to purchase and use Sharepoint online, you need to make the tools affordable and comparable to previous iterations of Sharepoint, or else nobody will ever move to the cloud. It is like selling someone a desktop computer and then charging $10,000 for a mouse and a keyboard. It makes absolutely no sense. And the issue is only exacerbated by your refusal to address it.
