Report Server and offline
Grafpoint visuals never go online, and the licence key is checked inside the visual. So they work the same in Power BI Report Server, in embedded reports and on air-gapped networks.
Power BI Report Server
- Use Power BI Desktop for Report Server, the version that matches your server.
- Import the visual from its .pbiviz file (Visualizations › … › Import a visual from a file). Get the file from the download page.
- Build the report and paste your licence key in Format visual › Licence.
- Save the report to the server. The visual and the key travel inside the report.
Updates are the same: import the new .pbiviz file, then save the report to the server again.
Networks with no internet access
Download the .pbiviz files on a machine that is online and carry them over the way you bring in other software. Nothing else is needed: the visuals have no online check, no activation and no licence server.
Embedded reports and Publish to web
The visuals draw the same way in reports embedded in your own app or portal. A licence key saved in the report covers whoever opens it. Reports embedded in a product you sell to your own customers are licensed by quote: get a quote.
Licence key
The key is a signed text string. The visual checks the signature with a public key built into it, and reads the expiry date from the key. It never asks a server. See Add your licence key.