Publishing an app to the world (in a store / as a link) without data

[tomorgan]

I hope I can explain what I'd like to do - it's hard to talk about but hopefully a common enough problem and I'm just missing something.

I've played with creating PowerBi Apps, and I understand that model. However, what I'd like to do is "publish" my app as something which anyone (not in my organisation, anyone anywhere) can add to their PowerBi instance.  When that happens, I don't want MY data in it, I want the user to be promted to fill out the dataset.

Example: let's say that I create some powerbi visuals which are useful for users of CMSApp1. Everyone who has CMSApp1 has their own local database instance in Azure.  I want to publish the visuals, and have the user specify the connection string when the add it to their tenant.

Bonus points if it shows up in some kind of searchable store or at the end of a "Get Apps" link collection or similar.

Thanks for you help.

-tom

[Eric_Zhang · Accepted solution]

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@tomorgan wrote:

I hope I can explain what I'd like to do - it's hard to talk about but hopefully a common enough problem and I'm just missing something.

I've played with creating PowerBi Apps, and I understand that model. However, what I'd like to do is "publish" my app as something which anyone (not in my organisation, anyone anywhere) can add to their PowerBi instance.  When that happens, I don't want MY data in it, I want the user to be promted to fill out the dataset.

Example: let's say that I create some powerbi visuals which are useful for users of CMSApp1. Everyone who has CMSApp1 has their own local database instance in Azure.  I want to publish the visuals, and have the user specify the connection string when the add it to their tenant.

Bonus points if it shows up in some kind of searchable store or at the end of a "Get Apps" link collection or similar.

Thanks for you help.

-tom

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@tomorgan

You might need Power BI template, click “File –> Export –> Power BI Template”. See more in Deep Dive into Query Parameters and Power BI Templates.

[tomorgan]

Right, I'll take a look. Thanks for the steer!