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Applicable88
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4 years ago

Session Timeout of Embedded Report

Hello,

I having a full license pro and premium workspace. The embedded report with a automatic refresh in the script runs quite well. I tested it and sometimes it runs many hours until i come to a session timeout and have to click on the yellow Sign-In Button again. 

 

Now we also have company computers (not tight to employee but department)  where we want to run reports as information dashboard a very long time. Its a basic office 365 license with restricted app and only Power Bi (FREE). 

When I run the same html file with the embedded report and still 10 minutes script refresh, after only an hour the yellow button comes up. 

Is there a way to adjust it? Is it related to the PowerBi Free license and not having the Pro?

 

Thank you very much in advance. 

Best. 

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  • v-chenwuz-msft's avatar
    v-chenwuz-msft
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    4 years ago

    Hi Applicable88 ,

     

    The access token has an expiration time, which means that after embedding a Power BI item, you have a limited amount of time to interact with it. To give your users a continuous experience, refresh the access token before it expires.

     

    There are two ways to refresh your access token:

    • Directly using the APIsetAccessToken
    • Automatically if you're using an Azure AD token for embed for your organization

    Best Regards

    Community Support Team _ chenwu zhu

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

     

    • Applicable88's avatar
      Applicable88
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      4 years ago

      Hello v-chenwuz-msft , 

      thanks for your reply. Is a token not only necessary if it runs on a "neutral" computer with no own PowerBi account, so it can get a access to the report via a token? In our case the report is running as an iframe inside a locally placed html file on the harddisk . That computer has PowerBi(Free) access and the report is already shared with that account. So for instance if I want to run a embedded report on my own computer where I have PowerBi Pro Account, do I still need that "setAccessToken" implemented into the script part of the html file, when I'm actually logged in to the powerbi service site?

       

      Best.