How to embed a Power BI report into a Canvas app, and hide the nav & filter

Step 1 - Embed a Power BI report into a canvas app

I dont know about you, but it took me a while to figure out why I couldnt add my report into a Power BI tile in a canvas app. I knew I did it before, but of course didnt blog about it, so I forgot (lol)

It’s actually really easy, and doesnt require you to reupload your pbix, add to tiles or others.

• Go to your Power BI workspace that holds your report
• Open the report
• Go to export
• Click on embed in website
• Copy the URL
• Go to your canvas app
• Add in or use an exisiting Power BI Tile
• In the TileURL, paste your embedded link between the ""

And there you go! No Power BI tile not seeing your dashboard, or needing to specify a tile.

You may notice it grabs your navigation and filter. Here’s how to hide them:

Step 2 - How to hide the navigation and filter

• Go back to your TileURL property
• At the end of the url, add the following code:

&navContentPaneEnabled=false&filterPaneEnabled=false

The & sign specifies a new parameter, in this case we want to disable the navcontentpane, and the filterpane. We set both to false, and now they don’t appear anymore!

I hope these quick tips help.