Legacy Tutorial: Integration - PowerBI 2025

We’ve refreshed our Power BI integration to make your experience even smoother. With a single setup, you can now display Power BI dashboards and reports seamlessly across multiple devices.

✓ Streamlined setup for all your devices 

✓ Securely share dashboards with a private link (no public links needed) 

✓ Control and display real-time dashboards and reports

This updated PowerBI template needs to be manually added to your templates, if you haven't already, reach out to your Account Manager or support@trudigital.net for options.

This tutorial guide is for users on our Legacy Interface.

To confirm you're using the Legacy version, check the left-hand menu after logging in.

If you see 'Manage Playlist,' you're on the Legacy interface and these tutorials are the right ones for you.

(If you see 'Players' instead, you're on our Enterprise Interface—please use the Enterprise tutorials linked here.)

Follow the steps below to set up your Integration -

Starting from your truDigital Dashboard:

Step 1 - Click on "Manage Playlist"

Step 2 - Click on "Edit Playlist" for the playlist you want to edit

Step 3 - click template library -  

Search "Power" to find the integration, click the PowerBI template with the blue background. select Install

Step 4 - click on the template "Integration - Microsoft PowerBI Display" and select Edit

the updated PowerBI template needs to be manually added to your templates by your Account Manager. If you don't see the template listed, email your account manager or support@trudigital.net

Step 5 - click "Edit Template"

Step 6 - click the block within the dotted red line

Step 7 - Click "Connect Microsoft Account"

Step 8 -  Select your Microsoft Account 

or Login to Microsoft if you are brought to a login screen

Step 9 - Review the required permissions then approve access

Note: Requested permissions may be different from what is displayed in the image below.

Step 10 - After successfully connecting, click "Close Window"

After closing the window, you should be back on the Edit Microsoft template screen with a section to paste your Dashboard URL

Now the template set up is almost done but before you paste your URL and finish -- 

Before your PowerBI Dashboard, Report, Data can display correctly. You will need to adjust/confirm two settings. 

1. Enable Service Principal API Access
2. Add Service Principal to your PowerBI Workspace

** View that set up by clicking here. **

Once you have adjusted/confirmed those settings above, you can continue with the last steps to add your URL.

Step 11 - find and copy the Dashboard/Report or Data URL that you want to display.

Step 12 - Go back to the tab that has truDigital Signage open

Step 13 - PASTE the URL and click Save

Step 14 - Hover over Save Changes in the top left and click the green "Save Changes"

Now the Integration is ready to use. 

You can display multiple PowerBI URLs by copying the template—simply click the template, select Copy, and edit or you can install another by searching power in New Templates. 

(Don’t forget to rename each one for clarity.)

If you are experiencing problems displaying PowerBI after following the steps above. Please reach out to your Account Manager or Support@trudigital.net for assistance.