You can easily embed Power BI reports into a Server Side Blazor Application. This method allows you to display a Power BI report without requiring the user to have a Power BI account.

We start the code from the article: Embedded Power BI reports with ASP.NET Core by Gunnar Peipman.

His project demonstrates how to embed a Power BI report into a .Net Core application.

This example builds on that and shows you how to embed the report in a Server Side Blazor application.

Create The Project

The first step is to create a Server Side Blazor project and select Manage NuGet Packages.

Install the Microsoft.PowerBI.Api package.

The next step is to add the powerbi.min.js file to the wwwroot/js directory.

You can get that file from here: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerBI-JavaScript/releases

Next open the _Host.cshtml file.

Add the following code to reference the powerbi.min.js file:

								<script src="js/powerbi.min.js"></script>
							

Add the following code to display the Power BI Report using the code in the powerbi.min.js file:

								
									<script>
								
								
									window.ShowMyPowerBI = {
								
								
									showReport:
									function
									(reportContainer, accessToken, embedUrl, embedReportId) {
								
								
									// Get models. models contains enums that can be used.
								
								
									var
									models =
									window['powerbi-client'].models;
								
								
									var
									config = {
								
								
									type: 'report',
								
								
									tokenType: models.TokenType.Embed,
								
								
									accessToken: accessToken,
								
								
									embedUrl: embedUrl,
								
								
									id: embedReportId,
								
								
									permissions: models.Permissions.All,
								
								
									settings: {
								
								
									filterPaneEnabled:
									true,
								
								
									navContentPaneEnabled:
									true
								
								
									}
								
								
									};
								
								
									// Embed the report and display it within the div container.
								
								
									powerbi.embed(reportContainer, config);
								
								
									}
								
								
									};
								
								
									</script>
								
								

							

Next open the appsettings.json file and add the following configurations, replacing the {{ YOUR SETTING }} parts with your own settings. See Embedded Power BI reports with ASP.NET Core by Gunnar Peipman for an explanation of the settings and how to get them:

								
									"PowerBI": {
								
								
									"ApplicationId": "{{ YOUR SETTING }}",
								
								
									"ApplicationSecret": "{{ YOUR SETTING }}",
								
								
									"ReportId": "{{ YOUR SETTING }}",
								
								
									"WorkspaceId": "{{ YOUR SETTING }}",
								
								
									"AuthorityUrl": "{{ YOUR SETTING }}",
								
								
									"ResourceUrl": "https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api",
								
								
									"ApiUrl": "https://api.powerbi.com/",
								
								
									"EmbedUrlBase": "https://app.powerbi.com/",
								
								
									"UserName": "{{ YOUR SETTING }}",
								
								
									"Password": "{{ YOUR SETTING }}"
								
								
									}
								
								

							

So that our C# code can communicate with the JavaScript, create a interop.cs file using the following code:

								
									using
									Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
								
								
									using
									Microsoft.JSInterop;
								
								
									using
									System.Threading.Tasks;
								
								
									namespace
									BlazorPowerBI
								
								
{
								
								
									public
									static
									class
									Interop
								
								
									{
								
								
									internal
									static
									ValueTask<object> CreateReport(
								
								
									IJSRuntime jsRuntime,
								
								
									ElementReference reportContainer,
								
								
									string
									accessToken,
								
								
									string
									embedUrl,
								
								
									string
									embedReportId)
								
								
									{
								
								
									return
									jsRuntime.InvokeAsync<object>(
								
								
									"ShowMyPowerBI.showReport",
								
								
									reportContainer, accessToken, embedUrl,
								
								
									embedReportId);
								
								
									}
								
								
									}
								
								
}
								
								

							

Finally, create a PowerBI.razor page using the following code:

								
@page "/PowerBI"
								
								
@using
									System.Net.Http
								
								
@using
									System.Threading.Tasks
								
								
@using
									Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
								
								
@using
									Microsoft.PowerBI.Api.V2
								
								
@using
									Microsoft.PowerBI.Api.V2.Models
								
								
@using
									Microsoft.Rest
								
								
@using
									Newtonsoft.Json.Linq
								
								
@using
									Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration
								
								
@using
									Microsoft.JSInterop
								
								
@inject IJSRuntime JSRuntime
								
								
@inject IConfiguration _configuration
								
								
<div @ref="@PowerBIElement"
								
								
									style="height: 600px;width: 100%;max-width: 2000px;" />
								
								

							

								
@code {
								
								
									private
									ElementReference PowerBIElement;
								
								
									protected
									override
									async Task
								
								
									OnAfterRenderAsync(bool
									firstRender)
								
								
									{
								
								
									if
									(firstRender)
								
								
									{
								
								
									var accessToken = await GetPowerBIAccessToken();
								
								
									var tokenCredentials =
									new
									TokenCredentials(accessToken, "Bearer");
								
								
									using
									(var client =
									new
									PowerBIClient(
								
								
									new
									Uri(_configuration["PowerBI:ApiUrl"]), tokenCredentials))
								
								
									{
								
								
									var workspaceId = _configuration["PowerBI:WorkspaceId"];
								
								
									var reportId = _configuration["PowerBI:ReportId"];
								
								
									var report =
								
								
									await client.Reports.GetReportInGroupAsync(
								
								
									workspaceId, reportId);
								
								
									var generateTokenRequestParameters =
								
								
									new
									GenerateTokenRequest(accessLevel: "view");
								
								
									var tokenResponse = await client.Reports.GenerateTokenAsync(
								
								
									workspaceId, reportId, generateTokenRequestParameters);
								
								
									await Interop.CreateReport(
								
								
									JSRuntime,
								
								
									PowerBIElement,
								
								
									tokenResponse.Token,
								
								
									report.EmbedUrl,
								
								
									report.Id);
								
								
									}
								
								
									}
								
								
									}
								
								
									private
									async Task<string> GetPowerBIAccessToken()
								
								
									{
								
								
									using
									(var client =
									new
									HttpClient())
								
								
									{
								
								
									var form =
									new
									Dictionary<string,
									string>();
								
								
									form["grant_type"] = "password";
								
								
									form["resource"] = _configuration["PowerBI:ResourceUrl"];
								
								
									form["username"] = _configuration["PowerBI:UserName"];
								
								
									form["password"] = _configuration["PowerBI:Password"];
								
								
									form["client_id"] = _configuration["PowerBI:ApplicationId"];
								
								
									form["client_secret"] = _configuration["PowerBI:ApplicationSecret"];
								
								
									form["scope"] = "openid";
								
								
									client.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation(
								
								
									"Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
								
								
									using
									(var formContent =
									new
									FormUrlEncodedContent(form))
								
								
									using
									(var response =
								
								
									await client.PostAsync(_configuration["PowerBI:AuthorityUrl"],
								
								
									formContent))
								
								
									{
								
								
									var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
								
								
									var jsonBody = JObject.Parse(body);
								
								
									var errorToken = jsonBody.SelectToken("error");
								
								
									if
									(errorToken !=
									null)
								
								
									{
								
								
									throw
									new
									Exception(errorToken.Value<string>());
								
								
									}
								
								
									return
									jsonBody.SelectToken("access_token").Value<string>();
								
								
									}
								
								
									}
								
								
									}
								
								
}
								
								

							

How It Works

The Gunnar Peipman version uses JQuery to connect the Power BI JavaScript to the HTML DIV to display the report.

This version literally passes an instance of the HTML DIV to the JavaScript to display the report.

This allows us to display the report without using JQuery.

Links

Embedded Power BI reports with ASP.NET Core

Gunnar Peipman – Programming Blog

gpeipman/AspNetCorePowerBI (GitHub)

Download

The project is available on the Downloads page on this site.

You must have Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.3 (or higher) installed to run the code.