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Hi,

I have created an app from PowerBI to have the PowerBIIntegration functionality. But I am unable to have a custom screen size. Is there any workaround?

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Prathees

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v-yutliu-msft on at

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Hi @prathees ,

Do you want to change the screen size of the embed canvas app in power bi?

I've made a similar test and found that:

When you choose "create new" at the beginning, the app's size could not be modify(always the default value 1136*640).

However, if you choose "choose an app" at the beginning, the app's size could you modify.

So did you choose "create a new app" at the beginning?

To embed a customize size app, I suggest you choose an existing app at the beginning, then customize the existing app.You could change the app's screen size by changing the setting in "screen size" and drag it in the powerbi report.

Then you could customize the screen size.

About customize the screen size when choose "create new", I suggest you post your idea here:

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas

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prathees 16 on at

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Thanks for your reply. But I wouldn't be getting 'PowerBIIntegration' functionality if I create an App from powerapps and then choose it from PowerBI.

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v-yutliu-msft on at

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Hi @prathees ,

What do you mean "wouldn't be getting 'PowerBIIntegration' functionality"?

If you means that you can not get the automatically generated app by choose "create new", then that does not mean 'PowerBIIntegration' become invalid.

Choosing "choose app" need you to customize app on your own.

You still could use PowerBIIntegration object in this way.

PowerBIIntegration object is not a functionality. It is a read-only data source in the embed app.

After you choose "choose app", edit the app.

In this embed app, you could use PowerBIIntegration object like this:

First(PowerBIIntegration.Data).fieldname

To sum up, if you want to get automatically generated app, choose "create new", in this situation, you can not customize screen size.

If you want to customize screen size, you need to click "choose app", then you will get existing app , not the automatically generated app.You could use First(PowerBIIntegration.Data).fieldname to get data of the powerbi report.

Here's a blog about this in details for your reference:

https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/powerbi-powerapps-visual/

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prathees 16 on at

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Thanks for your reply. PowerBIIntegration.Refresh() function is only available when I create the app from from PowerBI as mentioned in https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/powerapps-custom-visual. PowerBIIntegration.Refresh() is critical for my App though.

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v-yutliu-msft on at

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Hi @prathees ,

Sorry, I did not know you need to use this function.

I'm afraid that PowerBIIntegration.Refresh() function could not work when you choose "choose app".

So you could only choose one way:

1)"choose app" :could not use PowerBIIntegration.Refresh() function, but can customize screen size

2)""create new":could use PowerBIIntegration.Refresh() function, but can not customize screen size

Also, if you choose "create new", although you can not customize screen size, but you can drag the app in your report to the largest size : 1136*640, or to smaller size.

Best regards,

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prathees 16 on at

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Hi. I have chosen PowerBIIntegration.Refresh() over app size and have created the app from PowerBI. I have submitted an idea on the same as well. It would be great if that feature can be implemented sometime soon. Sorry for not being clear earlier.

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v-yutliu-msft on at

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Hi @prathees ,

Yes, I hope so.

Thanks for your feedback!This will help product team improve this product a lot!

Do you have any other problems?

If not ,could you mark my answer as solution?

Thanks!😀

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Laura May 67 on at

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Hi @v-yutliu-msft , I have created a custom sized app in the way you explain, attempting to access fields in CDS/Dataverse tables. In your example you have been able to access the field 'Name'
However none of my fieldnames selected in PowerBi (screenshot 2021-03-09 (4)) for this embedded App are accessible for me in PowerApps (screenshot 2021-03-09 (5)). I have saved the PowerApp and the PowerBI report, i have closed them, reopened, and refreshed with no luck at accessing the fields.

The fields are only accessible when I CREATE A NEW APP from PowerBi (which obviously we dont want to do as we are limited by the size of the app)

Any ideas, why the fields are not being parsed from PowerBI to PowerApps?

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I have the same problem.. I need to be able to refresh the data but also be able to use another size than 1x2 pixels in the powerBI report.. how can this feature have been released when its missing so many essential features?

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