MS Power BI Overlay App – Digital signage made interactive
The MS Power BI Overlay App lets you interact with Power BI reports directly on your digital signage display. You can explore different report tabs, apply filters, click on links and more.
The app runs silently behind your primary content — whether that is an App or a Flow — and becomes visible instantly when you click a mouse or tap the screen. A mouse or touch input must be connected to the media player or a supported Samsung SOC device.
Authentication is handled securely through Entra ID (formerly Azure AD).
Prerequisites:
Before activating the app, make sure you have the following:
An active MS Power BI account
A report saved in My Workspace or a Shared Workspace in Power BI cloud
An active MS Power BI Overlay subscription, available from the Valotalive Shop under Subscriptions → Add-on services
💡 MS Power BI overlay is a paid add-on
It is available with a monthly or yearly subscription fee and can be activated from the Valotalive Shop.
How to activate the MS Power BI Overlay app
Purchase the MS Power BI Overlay add-on subscription from the Valotalive Shop under Subscriptions → Add-on services.
Go to the Apps tab, click New App and search for MS Power BI Overlay — or use this direct link: New Overlay App.
Configuration settings
Authenticate with MS Power BI
Authorize Valotalive to connect to your Power BI account using OAuth.
Choose a report
Select your preferred report from the drop-down list.
If the report list is empty or your report is missing, check the following:
You have access to the report in Power BI
The report is located in either My Workspace or a Shared Workspace
Some Microsoft permissions require admin approval. Power BI app requests User consent for
Report.Read.All and
User.Read (Delegated).
Read more: Power BI User Consent & Admin Approval
The Valotalive Power BI application is enabled in the Entra ID Enterprise Applications directory. Read more: MS Entra ID integrations & Valotalive on the Enterprise Applications directory
Adjust app settings
Hide timeout (Display duration)
How long the Power BI report stays on screen after it is opened. Default is 120 seconds.
Call to action (CTA)
Text, image and position: Customize the CTA text and its position on screen. You can also upload a custom CTA image file.
Power BI panes
Optionally enable Page navigation, Filters, Status bar and Visualizations panes.
SHOW ADVANCED to adjust more settings
Power BI panes (hidden by default)
Bookmarks, Fields, Selection and Sync Slicers
Filter to use
Maximum 6 filters
Data refresh interval
How often data is fetched from the server. Default is 30 minutes.
Enter Power BI report UUID manually
This value will override the selected report. Find the UUID in the report URL when it is open in a browser. Example: from
https://app.powerbi.com/groups/me/reports/cf0a0de8-c701-11e8-a8d5-f2801f1b9fd1/ReportSection2the UUID iscf0a0de8-c701-11e8-a8d5-f2801f1b9fd1Background
Option to use the report's own background.
Finalize the work by adding your overlay to a display.