Web Publishing using ArcGIS Visual (and other 3rd Party Visuals

Hi etescher ,

I am not sure what sort of errors you are receiving.  I don't know of any visuals that work only in desktop.  I doubt that a visual can even be made to be Desktop only.  I am thinking that you are running into different sort of permissions errors.  In your admin settings is it enabled for ArcGIS? 

And, could you clarify what you mean by "URL" access?  When you share a report the URL is sent to the users shared with.

This article might help to understand the ArcGIS map visual.  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/power-bi-visualization-arcgis

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Hi etescher ,

You can refer to this link which clearly states that ArcGIS Map visual is not available for Power BI services(i.e., URL) and Power BI Report Server. Hence, this visual won't work in Web browser since its not supported as of now.

This visual has been set such that it can work only in Power BI desktop at the moment.

For your queries:

1. Is there anyway to get the ArcGIS to run from URL?

--> As of now, NO.

2. Is it typical for 3rd party visuals to NOT publish to web?

-> 3rd party visuals can also be published to web. Companies(ESRI in this case) decide on whether it can be viewed from web or not.

3. What value does a visual have if you can not publish it?

--> This is manily for designers and developers. There can be a huge possibility if requests arise that this visual will also be available for web. Maybe it will be a paid version in future, who knows.

4. Is there a publishable solution that allows users to create a filled map (US States/US Counties) to fill based on value range?

--> You can use the Shape maps for state visualization. Check this report from community gallery.

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etescher ,

The visual used in that particular report is actually a visual named "Shaped Maps" which was present in Power BI marketplace(now Appsource). I found this in the comments of another community gallery dashboard wherein the Cancer Analytics author commented that he/she used "Shaped Maps" viz from marketplace. 

I think that particular visualization is deprecated now and that's why we are not able to see the visualization in pbix.

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