Welcome to PowerBI Tiles Desktop Pro
Welcome to
DevScope PowerBI Tiles Desktop Pro Add-In for MS PowerPoint,
MS Outlook and MS Word.
PowerBI
Tiles Desktop Pro is
a MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook and MS Word add-in that allows you to
embed MS PowerBI Visuals - Tiles and Reports – into a
PowerPoint deck, Outlook message or Word document.
Now you
can embed PowerBI visuals into a PowerPoint presentation, Outlook
message or Word document as easy as you would add an image or a
clipart, and you can even format its appearance with shadows,
rotations or any other effects imaginable.
You can
also selectively update/refresh those visuals at any time keeping
the shapes with the original format with just one click.
Overview
Features
Features
Here is a
list of features of PowerBI Tiles Desktop Pro for PowerPoint,
Outlook or Word Add-In
·
Integrated
credentials. Login
into PowerBI with your credentials as you would do on the main
site
·
Visuals catalog
preview. Integrated
web browser that allows you to preview and select the items to
insert while visually navigating your PowerBI visuals
catalog.
·
Access items from your
workspace - tiles and reports - as well as your PBI groups or the ones you have
access.
·
Inserts PBI visuals as
static images. You
can apply any kind of format of effect as you would normally do on
a regular image.
·
Select and add report pages
individually.
·
Filter Reports and Report
Pages. You can
filter the reports and pages according to the present filter pane
and the rendered images will be rendered with those filters in
place. This allows you to create multiple variations of those
reports and pages.
·
Update the PBI Visuals
selectively at any time with one click update.
·
Share your presentations
with anyone without
any restrictions.
·
Control the size and quality
of your visuals.
Enables rendering control over the image quality of the embedded
visuals.
·
Embed
timestampsin shapes
to better control what and when it was updates.
·
Works in MS office 2013 and
2016, x86 and x64 versions.
System Requirements
Requirements
There are
only a few requirement that you need to have in order for PowerBI
Tiles Desktop Pro to work on your device:
·
Your Operating System must be
Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10.
·
Microsoft Office must be
installed
·
You need to have a valid
PowerBI account in order to access your visuals.
·
You need to have a valid
PowerBI Tiles Desktop Pro license from DevScope.
·
Internet connection.
How to install and license
Where to Download
Download
the PowerBI Tiles Desktop Pro for PowerPoint, Outlook or Word
Add-In
In order to download the setup
file:
·
Navigate your browser to
DevScope website http://www.devscope.net
·
Click the products item in the
main tab.
·
Then click the Power BI Tiles
Desktop Pro product title.
On the details product page you will see two
buttons on the upper left area of the page.
·
The first button is to install
the online version.
·
The second button is to
download the desktop version setup.
·
The third button is to buy the
product.
If you click on the third button you will be
redirected to the online store where you will see the product info
with detailed prices and required quantity of licenses to
buy.
You can proceed with the buying process by
choosing the type of license you need and then click the Buy
button.
Your buy will be added to the shopping cart and
you will have instructions on how to finalize your
purchase.
Following the buying process you will receive an
email with detailed instructions on how to download and use the
product.
If you click on the second button, you will
receive an zip file with three executable files:
·
One to use PowerBI Tiles Pro
Desktop on MS PowerPoint
·
Other to use PowerBI Tiles Pro
Desktop on MS Outlook
·
And other to use PowerBI Tiles
Pro Desktop on MS Word
Installation
How to
install
After all
initial process to download the software.
You should
download the zip file and run the setup program. Follow the next
steps to install PowerBI Tiles Desktop Pro for MS PowerPoint, MS
Outlook and MS Word:
·
Exit the MS module(click the
File tab, and then click the Exit button).
·
Unzip the file that you
downloaded previously following the steps stated in the previous
chapters.
·
After unzip of that file, you
will find 3 setup files on the extracted folder.
a.
One executable file named
PowerPoint…_32.exe that should be used if you have
MS PowerPoint installed
b.
One executable file named
Outlook…_32.exe that should be used if you have MS
Outlook installed
c.
One executable file named
Word…_32.exe that should be used if you have MS
Word installed
·
Run the setup program according
with your preference
·
Follow the instructions that
will be showed on your screen for the installation
program.
First you should select the installation
language
Next, you can to choose installation path. By
default it will be installed on your user AppData
folder.
Installation will begin and the program will be
installed on selected folder.
When installation is completed, a window with a
finished message will appear and the software will be
installed.
Then you need to run MS PowerPoint and select
PowerBI Tiles Desktop Pro tab, as showed in the image
below.
If you click the About button or click the
Login button, a dialog window will appear that enables you
to license the product.
You will need to click the View License
Information & Support button, to proceed with the
license registration that will be described in detail in the next
chapter.
How to activate your license
Activate
your license
In order
to use the software you need to activate it with the license that
you have received by email.
1.
First open MS PowerPoint, MS
Outlook or MS Word.
2.
A dialog will appear that will
register this software into PowerPoint as an add-in.
3.
Complete the process with the
guided instructions of the setup.
4.
After the setup completion you
will see a new tab in PowerPoint “PowerBI Tiles Desktop
Pro”
You are now ready to activate and use the
software.
To activate your license please do the
following:
1.
Click the About
button
2.
Copy the activation key
received by email, and paste it into the Activation Key textarea on
the License dialog. Click on button Activate License Now to
continue.
The software will activate your license. As showed
on image below, after licensing the product, you will receive
information, about license status.
Uninstallation
How to
uninstall PowerBI Tiles Desktop Pro
To
uninstall PowerBI Tiles Desktop Pro follow the next
steps:
·
Exit MS module (click the File
tab, and then click Exit).
·
Click the Windows Start button,
click Control Panel, and then double-click Add/Remove
Programs.
·
Click the item in the list of
installed programs as stated in the image below, and then click the
Uninstall button.
·
Follow the instructions in the
installation program.
How to use
Login into PowerBI
Integrated
Login into PowerBI
If the
product is already licensed (trial or full version), as showed in
the previous steps, the first thing you need to do is to gain
access to PowerBI from PowerPoint.
1.
Click the Login
button.
2.
Here you need to authenticate
with your PowerBI credentials to continue
3.
After Sign-In you should be
ready to commence using PBI Tiles Desktop Pro.
Now you can add PowerBI Tiles and Reports into
PowerPoint, Outlook or Word directly. Two new options will be
enabled.
1.
Add PowerBI Visuals
2.
Refresh.
You are now ready to start embedding PowerBI
visuals into PowerPoint, Outlook or Word.
Interface
Add PowerBI Visuals
1.
Add Checked
– Allows you to add to the
PowerPoint deck the currently displayed PowerBI item.
2.
Add Checked
– Allows you to add to the
PowerPoint deck the PowerBI items checked in the PowerBI Items
catalog.
3.
One Shape Per Slide
– If checked, when
multiple PowerBI items are checked, each one of them will be put on
a new slide.
4.
Start With New Slide
- If checked, when
multiple PowerBI items are checked, the first item will be inserted
on a new slide rather than being inserted on the current
slide.
5.
Close After Insert
- If checked, the
form will close after inserting the visuals.
6.
Set Hyperlinks -
If checked, the images inserted
will contain an hyperlink to the online powerbi location of that
visual – tile or report.
7.
Uncheck After Insert
- If checked, all
items checked will be unchecked after each insert.
8.
Width -
Allows you to define the width
of the browser window that will be used when rendering the PowerBI
item.
9.
Height -
Allows you to define the height
of the browser window that will be used when rendering the PowerBI
item.
10.
Refresh View
– Whenever you change the Width
or Height settings of the browser window used to render the PowerBI
item, you can click this button to preview the results
immediately.
11.
Render Wait Delay
– Allows you to control the
time that the browser should wait before taking a snapshot of the
PowerBI item. It’s very useful when you have items like reports
that include components such as maps, or other similar items that
take some additional time to render completely.
12.
Reload All
– Triggers a complete update of
the PowerBI Items Catalog
13.
Reload Selected -
Triggers a partial update of
the PowerBI Items Catalog specifically on the selected
group.
Refresh
1.
Update Checked
– Allows you to automatically
update/refresh the content of the checked shapes linked to PowerBI
items keeping all the related effects and format.
2.
Delay Render
– Allows you to control the
time that the browser should wait before taking a snapshot of the
PowerBI item. It’s very useful when you have items like reports
that include components such as maps, or other similar items that
take some additional time to render completely.
3.
Tile View Size –
Specified the mode that will be
used for rendering the PowerBI items and link it to the current
shape dimensions.
4.
Slides To Refresh
– Specify the
behavior to apply when refreshing the selected slides
Add PowerBI Visuals
Embed
PowerBI visuals easily
You can
embed Tiles and Report pages into PowerPoint slide easily by
following the next steps
1.
Click the Add PowerBI Visuals
button
2.
A similar window like the one
below will be displayed. Here, you can navigate through you PowerBI
items and once you select any item you will see a preview of that
tile or report.
3.
If you select any report, you
will get access to all pages of that report and you can select them
individually.
4.
Then all you need to do to add
an item to PowerPoint is :
a.
Check that item on the
respective checkbox
b.
Click the Add Checked
button and wait for the rendering process to finish.
Update your presentation
Update your
presentation with only 3 clicks
When you
add a PowerBI item into a PowerPoint using our software you are
able to apply any effects or formats to it, but more importantly,
you can later refresh or update its content while keeping all the
effects and formats applied previously.
If PowerBI
item data has changed, you only need to refresh your presentation
without having to insert all items again.
PowerBI
Tiles Desktop Pro will handle all the content changes without
losing any effects or format applied to those items.
So here
are the simple steps required to refresh your
presentation:
1.
Click on Refresh
button
2.
Check the PowerBI Tiles Pro
Desktop/Visuals that you want to update
3.
Click on Update Checked
button
After the
refresh process finishes you will see that all the checked items
were updated.
Reference
Check more information on
DevScope site on follow link
http://www.devscope.net/products/PowerBI_Tiles Desktop
Pro/default.aspx or
Filter Reports and Pages
Create a
filtered version of a report
PowerBiTiles allows you to filter the report or the page
and embed an image with those filters in place. After this, the
update will also consider these filters when updating the
visual.
It’s very
easy to create a filtered version.
1.
Expand the Filters
Pane while viewing the report.
2.
Set/Select the filter criteria
that you desire
3.
PowerBITiles will detect the
changes and will set a filter icon on the node.
o
If you set a report filter,
that criteria will be applied to all pages, and consequently the
filter icon will be placed at the report node level.
o
If you set a page filter, that
criteria will only be applied to the selected page.
Important
notes:
·
The filters will only be used
in the context of each session.
·
Each time you close the
PowerBI Visuals Selection Form the filters will
reset.
·
The selected filters will be
persisted with the shape, in the slides and will also be used when
refreshing the shape.
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