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mgiardini
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Power Bi app - unable to show external link in Content Area

Good morning to the Microsoft community,

I am trying to set up a Power BI app linked to a workspace. Along with my reports, I wish to integrate links to SharePoint folders and Excel files directly in the content area. While creating links to reports and dashboards within the workspace works perfectly, I encounter a permissions error or connection refused error when linking to resources outside the Fabric environment. This issue only occurs when I select Open in -> Content area. However, it works if I select "new tab" or "current tab."

Could someone help me understand why this is happening?

Thanks!!

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Anonymous
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Hi @mgiardini ,

Has your problem been solved? If it was resolved, please mark my answer as a solution.

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

unfortunately no. My IT saying that there are no particulary constraint on teams nor in Power bi. I've no clue about it...

mgiardini
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Thanks Zhou, but unfortunately it doesn't work. I've tried to copy and paste only what is in source (between the ""), asked me to login and then this message appears.

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If I copy evething (<iframe ...)

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I've tried with different excel file or power point, but the result is the same.
Thanks again

Anonymous
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Hi @mgiardini ,

Ensure that documents are stored in SharePoint within your organization,for more information, please refer to the following article.

www.fourmoo.com

Anonymous
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Hi @mgiardini ,

When you select Content area option, it should be ensured the link can be embedded.

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1.'test' uses a direct url.

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2.'test2' uses the embedded url.

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Best Regards,
Wenbin Zhou
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