Pre-requisites
- Power BI Pro or Power BI Premium (per user or per capacity) versions
- Windows 10-11 and Microsoft Office 2016 or above
- UpSlide v6.5.13.2 or above with a Power BI to PowerPoint/Word feature
- Microsoft Edge
Important
Your reports must be hosted on Microsoft Servers to be accessible by UpSlide. This feature won't be available if you are using:
- Power BI Desktop only, and thus do not publish any reports online
- Power BI Report Server (also called On-Premises)
- Power BI Governance licenses
Authorize access to Power BI through UpSlide
UpSlide needs the user's consent for the Power BI to PowerPoint/Word feature to work. As an organization admin, you can grant all users consent to Power BI resources. Please follow all the steps this article explains: Power BI Integration - Grant consent to all users.
How does it work
UpSlide's Power BI to PowerPoint/Word feature is powered by a web browser, Chromium, which is embedded into UpSlide using a wrapper called Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). UpSlide uses Chromium to:
- display Power BI reports
- take screenshots of visuals or report pages
- display some user interface components to provide a smoother experience
Microsoft's Power BI Desktop app also uses CEF for the same purpose. Chromium is only used to execute trusted content, either web assets embedded within UpSlide's signed binaries or provided by Microsoft Power BI Embedded platform.
Important
This feature does not require UpSlide to access your data, and UpSlide does not store the data displayed in PowerPoint/Word, meaning all your data remains within your organization.
Note
UpSlide's auto-update system will download and install the appropriate version on the first use of the feature.