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How to visualize a PowerBI report in a DashHub external content tile?

There are two options:

Option 1: PowerBI reporting server is running as a cloud service

  1. Add your PowerBI server to the allowed domains in ConfigHub:

    1. Navigate to ConfigHub and scroll all the way down in the left menu.

    2. Click on ‘External Content’ just below DashHub.

    3. Click on add and fill in  ‘https://<yourPowerBIServer>.net/***’ in the URL field and choose a name.

  2. Generate an embedded link in PowerBI for the report you want to visualize in a DashHub tile.

  3. Open DashHub and choose to create a new tile.

  4. In the selection window choose ‘external content’ (a) and in the ‘external URL’ field, fill in the previously generated embedded link (b):

    1. Screenshot_2025-01-07_at_13_25_51.png
    2. Screenshot_2025-01-07_at_13_26_35.png

  5. Now you will see a tile appear with the Power BI report embedded in it.

Option 2: PowerBI reporting server hosted on-premises

  1. Add your PowerBI server  to the allowed domains in ConfigHub:

    1. Navigate to ConfigHub and scroll all the way down in the left menu.

    2. Click on ‘External Content’ just below DashHub.

    3. Click on add and fill in  ‘https://<yourPowerBIServer>.net/***’ in the URL field and choose a name.

  2. Open the PowerBI report within your browser and copy the complete URL that you can find in the top search bar. 

    1. Example: https://<yourPowerBIServer.net>/Myreport

  3. Add ?rs:embed=true at the end of this URL:

    1. Example embedded link: https://<yourPowerBIServer.net/Myreport?rs:embed-true

  4. Open DashHub and choose to create a new tile.

  5. In the selection window choose ‘external content’ (a) and in the ‘external URL’ field, fill in the previously generated embedded link (b):

    1. Screenshot_2025-01-07_at_13_25_51.png
    2. Screenshot_2025-01-07_at_13_26_35.png

  6. Now you will see a tile appear with the Power BI report embedded in it.

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