In this article, we will show you how to add any external video to the Power BI dashboard with an example. For this Add Video to Dashboard demonstration, we will insert a YouTube video into the Sixth dashboard.
Clicking on the Add tile button opens the window shown in the Add Title section. Please select the Video under the Media section and click the Next button.
How to add Video to Power BI Dashboard?
Under the Add Video to Power BI Dashboard tile section, we have
- Display Title and subtitle: Please checkmark this option to display the Video title and subtitle.
- Title: Specify the title
- Subtitle: Provide the subtitle for this video
- Video URL: Please provide the URL. Remember, it only accepts YouTube or Vimeo videos.
We want to insert or add a YouTube video to the dashboard in this example. So, we added the iPhone X. Click the Apply button. Please refer to the Dashboard article in Power BI for more information.
Now you can see the Video inside our Power BI Dashboard.
The video pops out of the Dashboard and plays in the bottom left corner by clicking that marked section.
Let me edit the Video tile. As you can see from the below screenshot, it has a few more options inside it.
- Set Custom Link: Please check mark this option to provide a custom link to this Video.
- External Link: If you select this option, you have to specify the Video URL
- Link to a dashboard or report in the current workspace: If you select this option, then you have to select the dashboard or a report from the current workspace
- URL: Please provide the external video URL.
If you checkmark this Set Custom Link, the YouTube video we specified in our previous step remains the same. However, it creates a hyperlink that links to another Video, another dashboard, or a Report. Let me add another video as the External link.
As you can see from the screenshot below, our iPhone X video remained the same. But, clicking the … on the top right corner shows the Open Hyperlink option. Selecting that option opens YouTube with other media.
