Can't publish a report from Power BI Desktop

[JohannB]

I have build a few reports in Power BI Desktop, and being a new user I do not know what I need to publish a report . I would like to if I can publish the reports to a dedicated server where all our managers have access to. How should I approach it and is it possible. Please assist./

[v-jiascu-msft]

Hi @JohannB,

Firstly, you need a Power BI Service account. Sign in or sign up in https://powerbi.microsoft.com/.

Secondly, sign in in Power BI Desktop. Then you can publish report to Service.

Thirdly, you can see your report in the Power BI Service.

Best Regards!

Dale

[v-jiascu-msft]

Hi @JohannB,

Could you please share the answer or mark the proper answer as solution if it's convenient for you? That will be a help to the others.

Best Regards!
Dale

[androo]

Seems to me that the answers here are evasive and unclear. MS is shooting itself in the foot if it makes it difficult to use Power BI inside an organisation. It's hard to see what the point of Power BI is over and above Power Query/Power PIVOT when you can share those within teams for example but can't share Power BI. Nevertheless Power BI seems to be new and shiny to most who don't even know that they already have most of what it can do in Pro Excel, except for the publishing side, which, it turns out, is severely restricted by a hard to fathom licensing regime which itself hides behind jargon to make the answers that are given, for example on this forum, more or less impenetrable (that is, hard to make sense of for those who find English impenetrable :-))

[Anonymous]

I am having a similar issue.  I have a Power BI Service account.  I've created a report and published.  However, It does not show up in the Service workspace under Reports or anywhere else.  What have I done wrong?

[ClaraSf]

Hi jhammond1, 

I  have the same issue, how did you solve it?

Thank you,

Clara

[JohannB]

Hi Dale,

Sorry for the late reply but thank you for the information. I have managed to create a Power BI Service account but found that I needed Power BI Pro to publish.

Can you assist me by specifying what software our managers need to access these report and give them the ability to see records from the report and export it to Excel for further analysis.

Regards

JohannB

[v-jiascu-msft · Accepted solution]

@JohannB,

Hi JohannB,

We don't need a special software. Power BI Service aims to share reports and collaborate with colleagues. Power BI has three main parts, which are Service, Desktop, Mobile.

In your scenario, an app workspace would be a good idea. In general, members in an app workspace can have the same access to dataset, reports, dashboards. (or just view).

About analyze in excel: powerbi-service-analyze-in-excel

About App workspace: powerbi-service-what-are-apps

About share dashboard: powerbi-service-share-unshare-dashboard

Best Regards!

Dale