#Dashboard canvas how to
#Dashboard canvas update

#Dashboard canvas how to

Learn how to use Power BI Q&A to ask a question about your data and get the answer in the form of a visualization.

Have fun asking your dashboard questions.

Want to track an individual dashboard tile and receive an email when it reaches a certain threshold? Create alerts on tiles.

Learn about dashboard tiles and what will happen when you select one.

Continue learning about dashboards with these topics: Can see dataset tables and fields and values.ĭashboard designers and dashboard business usersĪs a Power BI business user, you receive dashboards from designers. Can export data but can't see tables and fields in the dashboard itself. Faculty use Canvas to post course content, such as a syllabus, course documents, links to articles, hold online discussions, have students turn in homework, submit online exams, and post grades.

Many different ways to filter, highlight, and sliceĬan create alerts to email you when certain conditions are metĬan set one dashboard as your 'featured' dashboardĬan see underlying dataset tables and fields Canvas is an online tool used to support Shoreline's online, hybrid, and web-enhanced classes. One or more reports and one or more datasets per dashboard CapabilityĪsk a question about your data (Power BI Q&A) field at top But there are some major differences from a Power BI business user point of view. Reports are often confused with dashboards since they too are canvases filled with visualizations. As a consumer or business user, you are the person who receives content (dashboards, reports, and apps) from creator colleagues. The way you interact with Power BI will depend on your job role.

Dashboards versus reports for Power BI business users

#Dashboard canvas update

A dashboard can combine on-premises and cloud data, providing a consolidated view regardless of where the data lives.Ī dashboard isn't just a pretty picture it's interactive and the tiles update as the underlying data changes. The visualizations on a dashboard may come from one underlying dataset or many, and from one underlying report or many. Selecting a visualization takes you to the report that was used to create it.ĭashboards are a wonderful way to monitor your business, to look for answers, and to see all of your most-important metrics at a glance. In fact, one way to think of a dashboard is as an entryway into the underlying reports and datasets. The visualizations on a dashboard come from reports and each report is based on one dataset. Dashboards can be viewed and shared on mobile devices.įor colleagues to be able to share dashboards with you, your version of Power BI must be 'Pro' or 'Premium.' For more information, see Power BI license types.