POWER BI TUTORIAL: SURFACING POWER BI DASHBOARD IN POWERPOINT

Power BI Tiles add-in provides the capability to add interactive Power BI Tiles to PowerPoint. Let’s see how to do it

  • Open PowerPoint
  • From the ribbon select Insert -> My Add-ins

  • If you do not have Power BI Tiles add-in, click on Find more add-ins at the Office Store and search for Power BI Tiles to add it

  • Once you have Power BI Tiles, select it and click on Insert

  • Dialogue is displayed asking you to login
  • Click on LOGIN IN POWER BI button
  • A security window might pop up, click on Allow button
  • You will be redirected to a login in screen in your browser. Use your Power Bi credentials to login
  • Once logged in navigate back to PowerPoint to notice the dashboards in your Default Power BI Workspace displayed

  • If you want to navigate to a different workspace, click on the arrow next to DEFAULT WORKSPACE and select the workspace
  • Once you have selected the workspace, notice the dashboards in that workspace are listed

  • Select the dashboard you want to use by clicking on it
  • This will display the tiles in the dashboard

  • You can navigate through the tiles by hovering over the tile and clicking on the arrow on the left or right
  • There are options to refresh the tile, navigate back to the dashboard list, sign out at the bottom on the tile
  • Power BI Tiles works in the following office products: Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 or later, Excel Online, PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 or later, PowerPoint Online, Access Online

One thought on “POWER BI TUTORIAL: SURFACING POWER BI DASHBOARD IN POWERPOINT

  1. Is there a way for the tiles in PowerPoint to automatically refresh? Rather than having to click refresh?

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