Web Automation - PowerBI
If you want to display your PowerBI reports on your information screens, you have the option to do this through our Web Automation app.
The app is designed to capture content behind a login
Follow this guide to get started with Web Automation.
Two login pages:
Microsoft PowerBI has two login pages used in different ways. If you normally log in through Powerbi.com, you will get the regular login page, whereas if you, for example, log in via an incognito page, you will see a different login page. See images 1 and 2.
When creating a Web Automation script, you should always do it in an incognito window. After some time, the view might prompt you to log in through the regular login page, but since that login page is not part of your script, it won't be able to log in and display the report.
The regular login page:
Login page via incognito:
Tenant link:
To avoid the issue of two login pages, you should use portal.office.com. By going through this route, you have the option to obtain a link that only has one login page, thus bypassing the two login pages.
Find this link in portal.office.com - Open Power BI and copy the URL.
Updating at intervals:
If you notice that your report is updated in the browser but not on the screen, it's important to set the interval time for Web Automation correctly. If you set the time to be 12 hours, the display will only update every 12 hours. However, if you set it to 1 hour, you will have a report updated on the screen every hour.
You can adjust this in the DesignTool in Q-Play.
Set the interval time
Change = new recording:
If there are changes made to the PowerBI report, such as moving a bar or adding an extra page, you need to create a new recording.
No guarantee that PowerBI works optimally with web automation.
For more information on this aspect, you can read our Web Automation FAQ.
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