Open PDF from Power BI Dashboard Directly

[id013]

Hi,

Is it at all possible to create a link to a pdf within the power bi dashboard so that when clicked it opens up the document in acrobat? Currently the link can open a folder on the report server but they still have to click on the pdf to open it.

Thanks

[v-shex-msft]

Hi @id013,

I don't' think you can achieve these operations based on 'link' feature. AFAIK, they only loading data from the link and not proceeding with any additional redirect/authorizations.
I think you can try to build shared pdf web content, and add them to your dashboard with 'web content' tile type.

Add images, videos, and more to your dashboard 
Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

[id013 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

So I did find a solution. Don't know if it exists in power bi service but I'm using power bi report server to deploy my dashboards. In report server I've found the following flag:

https://<server>/<report server folder>/<documentname>.pdf&rs:Command=GetResourceContents

This way I can use the report server folder to host the documents and If I format the URL like this then the link will open the PDF correctly from the Power BI Dashboard. 

Thanks