Power BI – How to add Video to Dashboard?

A dashboard is only part of the Power BI online service and not the Power BI desktop. Hence, adding a video to a dashboard can only be done in the Power BI online service. Adding a video is a part of tile features/widgets in dashboards. Videos are extremely helpful for a better understanding of a dashboard, as we can provide links to various videos present on youtube, or video links of social media handles, one can also add a hyperlink to the video. In this article, we will learn how to add a video to a dashboard. 

Adding Video to a Dashboard in PowerBI

We are given a workspace name, geeks_for_geeks. In a dashboard name, gfg_dashboard our task is to add a video.

Step 1: Go to your workspace. Click on the dashboard in which you want to add a video. For example, gfg_dashboard.

Step 2: A dashboard is opened. Click on the Edit button. A drop-down list appears. Select +Add a tile option. 

Step 3: A new window name, Add a tile is opened, on the right side of the page. Click on the Video option. Click on the Next button. 

Step 4: A blank image is added to the dashboard, which corresponds to the space provided in the video. Now, a new window name, Add video tile, is opened on the right side of the dashboard window. Our next task is to add a suitable title, video URL, and hyperlink(if required) to the image. 

Step 5: Under the Title section, we are adding a title name, geeks_for_geeks video. We can also view, that the title provided is added to the image itself, i.e. the space provided for the video. 

Step 6: Now, we need to add an URL, for the video. For example, added a gfg youtube video i.e. gfg self-placed course overview. One thing to remember is that we cannot add, videos from our local system. We can also view in the image, that the video preview has been updated in the image. 

Step 7: If we want to set up a hyperlink, check the Set custom link option. A hyperlink means that, whenever a user clicks on the image, it leads the user to some other URL. For example, we have added the link to the youtube channel of gfg. 

Step 8: At last, we have two radio buttons, which ask us, whether open the hyperlink added, in a new tab, or in the same tab. Select, No to open the link in a new tab. Click on the Apply button. 

Step 9:  A video has successfully been added to the dashboard. 

Note: You might be confused that, how can we use, the hyperlink which we had set in the previous step. Click on the outer part of the image, like near the title, or the white space provided. Remember, hyperlink won’t work when you, click on the video. 

Step 10: The youtube channel of geeks for geeks is opened, in a new tab.