There seem to be 3 tools to create and publish Power BI reports.
Power BI Report Builder
Report Builder
Power BI Desktop
Power BI Desktop (RS)
What is the use case of these 4 different tools? Is one the subset of the other? Does one support more features than the other?
Power BI Report Builder is a tool for authoring paginated reports that you can publish to the Power BI service.
Report builder is a standalone tool to design reports for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
Power BI Desktop is used to build Power BI reports, which you can publish to Power BI Service.
Power BI Desktop for Power BI Report Server is used to build Power BI reports, which you can publish to Power BI Report Server.
No, they are not subsets. You can say that Power BI Report Server is a superset, or successor of SSRS, which along with SSRS (.rdl) reports can render Power BI reports (.pbix) too.
1.Power BI report builder is for paginated reports .
2.Report builder is the old SSRS. It is used to create static reports .
I find it outdated compared to Power BI desktop. Also it is hard to find videos /tutorials if you are new. Moreover if you are going to use large datasets, you will realise that it is slow.
3.Power BI desktop is used to build real time reports which you can publish/share to Power BI service.
4.Power BI for Power BI report Server is used to build your reports and publish them to Power BI report Server.
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I wonder can I publish visual that I create using Power Bi Report Server then publish it into
Power Bi Service?
Yes, You can publish into Power BI Service
FYI, Microsoft release new updates on Power BI Service every month, but for Report Server every 3-4 months
After exporting report in PDF format from Power BI desktop, it is showing only visible area data but not the complete table data which was available and visible after scroll down in Power BI Desktop report page.
I have generated the report in PDF format with complete data using below steps:
Prepared the Datasource using Power BI Desktop application and pushed it to Power BI Services in my workspace there.
Accessed the datasource from Power BI Services using Power BI report biulder and converted it to Dataset in Power BI report builder.
Got the DAX query from Power BI desktop application for same datasource to get the report from Power BI paginated report builder.
For more info, please go through the below link
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/paginated-reports/report-builder-shared-datasets
I have downloaded the latest Power Bi report builder v15.6
I want to save the report to the Power Bi Report Server which I have set up in the PC. Normally when we do a save as , it gives a option for the Report Server which I am unable to find in Current Power Bi Report Builder
Whereas if you see in the Microsoft Report Builder, there is a option for the same
Now when I try to do use the Microsoft Report Builder and save the report in Power bi report server, I am receiving some version error
Power BI Report Builder is not for Power BI Reporting Server. Power BI Report Builder is for Premium Capacities that support Paginated Reports, so you deploy to the service not a server.
Power BI Report Server, only supports reports built by Power BI Desktop for Report Server
You'll be able to use paginated reports with the new Power BI Premium per user license.
If you want paginated report, then installing SQL Server Reporting Services is your best option and using Report Builder, as this is the same technology as paginated reports, and what is Power BI Report Builder is based on.
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 am using Sharepoint List and OData Feed for my Power BI reports using import. What I want to accomplish is that my power bi desktop to get updated data and publish to power bi service even if I'm not around. Is it possible? I have a colleague who can refresh it for me but the logic is that he'll be creating a new power bi project service (I think).
You cannot schedule a report to refresh in Power BI Desktop, you have to do it via a manual process.
You will need to publish the report to the Power BI Service, you can then set a refresh schedule there and the report will refresh automatically from your data source. You will not have to recreate the report or upload it again one it is there.
First publish your Power BI desktop to Power BI Services, which will enable auto refresh.
Power BI has direct connectors for SharePoint so you can set schedule auto refresh. And for connecting SharePoint OnPrem you can use Data connectors.