# Installing Inforiver for yourself

This section outlines the steps involved in installing the Inforiver visual for yourself.

1. Open your report in Power BI Desktop or Power BI service.
2. Select the ellipsis from the visualizations pane.

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3\. Select **Import a visual from a file** from the menu.

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4\. If you get a message cautioning you about importing custom files, select **Import.**

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5. Navigate to the folder that has the custom visual file (.pbiviz) and open it.
6. When the visual has successfully been imported, select **OK**.

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7. The visual now appears as a new icon in the visualizations pane of the current report.

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8\. If you want the visual to remain on the visualization pane for all reports right-click on it and select **Pin to visualizations pane**.

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9. The visual gets pinned.

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In the next section, we'll look at how an admin can install Inforiver for the organization.


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