I'm trying to have multiples reports with same dataset in a single workspace with Power BI.
I know i have to use "Power BI dataset" in Power BI Desktop.
But everytime i publish, it create a direct query new dataset instead of use the precedent one.
Any idea ?
Thanks for your help !
In the Power BI Service, you can click on the ellipsis of the dataset and Create report.
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I need help in below PBI Requirement--
currently, we are using data from one static excel file in Power BI and whenever new changes are require, we edit the excel and save it into update file.
User's requirement is to have a form in power bi in which user can enter the data and it should get updated in the excel and loaded into the power BI.
Please let me know if any one have done this.
Manual I did but Dynamic it is not getting written some M-code and all
Connect your PowerBI dataset having excel data to power Apps(PowerApps visual),powerapps automatically creates a user editable form with available columns or you can create a form according to your requirement which you can access from power bi through powerapps visual.
We want to create Power BI dashboard highlighting statistics of user activities related to Power BI for last 30/90 days.
Below are the high level statistics we want to capture:
Created Power BI dashboard
Created Power BI report
Edited Power BI dashboard
Edited Power BI report
Printed Power BI dashboard
Shared Power BI dashboard
Viewed Power BI dashboard
Viewed Power BI report
Statistics of Power BI active users
Would want to know if there is any available solution or OOB Power BI connector for the same.
Thanks
You can analyze statistics of user activities using the Power BI Activity log. You can download the activities by using a REST API or PowerShell cmdlet. You can also filter the activity data by date range, user, and activity type. In order to be able to do this, you should be a Power BI Service Admin. You have to install the Power BI Management cmdlets locally or use the Power BI Management cmdlets in Azure Cloud Shell.
You will find more details here : https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-power-bi-activity-log-makes-it-easy-to-download-activity-data-for-custom-usage-reporting/
I want to know if I can use Power BI to create reports in Excel? I want a well formatted report we present before clients.
Clients provide us data in SQL. I use statistical analysis tools. The analysed numbers are in SQL again. I have Power BI on my laptop. I want to know if I can build any process where I can create excel reports from the SQL server numbers?
I do use PBI for creating charts and graphs which I later manually paste in excel reports. But have no idea if complete report making is possible.
Can anyone elaborate??
Thanks!!
Power BI is (mostly) the combination of two Excel plugins, Power Query (Get data from Excel 2016 onwards) and Power Pivot. The visual/report layer is an advanced version of Power View in Excel.
You have two options. First you can use Excel to have the Power BI experience in getting and connecting the data together. For this method you will use the Power Query (M) and Power Pivot (DAX) parts, these are the same as getting data and using the relationship designer in Power BI. If you are currently copying and pasting visuals from Power BI into Excel, then this method would be the best way. You may want to create your visuals in Excel, and format them to a Power BI look and feel.
The second option is to create the dataset in Power BI, getting and transforming the data, then publishing it to the service. You can then use 'Analyze in Excel' to connect Excel to the dataset and surface the data in Excel.
I would recommend not copy and pasting visuals from Power BI to Excel as you lose the benefits of Power BI's interactivity, just use the normal charts, slicers and other tools in Excel. By using the first option, you are keeping the workflow in one application without any convoluted steps back and forth, and anything you learn and use in Power Query and Power Pivot you can use in Power BI.
I am just starting out with Power BI. So far it has been easy to learn. My goal is to create a dashboard like this:
https://dc-js.github.io/dc.js/
I am just wondering if someone knows an interactive power bi sample like this. Is it even possible to create such reports in power BI?
Thanks.
Yes, it is possible to create dashboards like this. See for example Power BI Embedded Playground or Microsoft Sales & Returns report (download or view in browser):
We were implementing the Azure Time Series insights(TSI) for the data streaming through IoT hub and wanting to connect to Power BI for advanced visualization. There is a provision to build a custom query to connect to Power BI from Azure TSI but i guess there is a limitation of fetching a dataset for specific time frame and only for the time series ID selected for the view.
Is there a way we can get the latest data in Power BI as and when the data refreshes in Azure TSI and for additional number of time series ID which were not selected while building the query.
Cheers,
Amit
If you generate a query from TSI to feed into Power BI, you can manually edit it to include the TSIDs you want to see. If you set the "isSearchSpanRelative" parameter to true, the data should refresh in Power BI as it comes into TSI.