QR Report links opening in app on mobile device but i want them to open in browser

[RBunting]

I have some parameterized URLs that I would like to open in Chrome on my mobile device rather than in the PowerBI App which doesn't support those parameters.

Is there a way I can force this to happen?

[rezvi15]

So, here's the situation I'm running into: I'm trying to get my paginated reports with parameters to open correctly. I actually generated the QR codes themselves using a free online service, QRCodeFactor (https://qrcodefactor.com/), which was super handy for that part.

Right now, I'm just using my phone's regular camera app to scan them. However, in the real world, we're expecting these QR codes to be scanned by all sorts of different devices and applications – so I need them to be really robust.

I get that the current app probably doesn't support report links that include parameters, and I know most internet browsers would handle that just fine. My real hope was that there might be some clever way to decide which links automatically open in the app and which ones force open in a browser instead. Any thoughts on how to achieve that kind of selective behavior?

[erezone · Accepted solution]

There's currently no way to distinguish between paginated reports that will open in the app and ones that will open in a browser based on some URL tweaking unfortunately.

A client-side manual workaround will be to completley disable app links (Android) or universal links (iOS) but it will cause all links not to open in the app and will make users not get the mobile optimized experience we provide thru the native apps.

[RBunting]

Yes, that is more or less what I expected.  Thank you for your time.

[imsni]

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[imsni]

QR-IN Developers

[RBunting]

Thanks, erezone.  

• I am trying to open paginated reports with pameters
• I generated the QR codes with a free online service, QRCode Monkey (https://www.qrcode-monkey.com/)
• I am using my phone's camera app to to scan them, although our expectation is that these codes might be scanned by a large variety of devices and applciations.

Although I understand that the app doesn't support report links with parameters, most internet browsers will.  My hope was that there might be some way to be selective about which links open in the app, and which links open in the browser. 

[erezone]

Which kind of reports are you trying to open? Are these Power BI reports or paginated reports with parameters?

How did you generate those QRs and how are you scanning them? Which app is used for scanning?

We currently don't support opening paginated reports links with parameters with the Power BI mobile app but have it in our plans.