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What is Power BI?
Power BI is an interactive data visualization software product developed by Microsoft with a primary focus on business intelligence.
New to Power BI? There is more information located here; https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/consumer/end-user-basic-concepts. There are also many LinkedIn Learnings available such as "Power BI Essential Training."
Where Are Power BI Reports Located?
Navigating to the Reporting Table of Contents
Using Reports in PowerBI
Filtering on PowerBI Reports
- The filters pane on the right side of reports will show any applied filters, and allows users to further filter down reports
- Users are also able to reset filters utilizing the green reverse arrow
- Some reports will also allow you to further expand the data. Right click on a numeric value, and select show data point as a table.
- Below shows the results of the data points as a table
Subscribing (Scheduling) to PowerBI Reports
- Users can schedule reports to automatically run. Navigate to the report to be scheduled.
- The filtering used on the report when you click "Subscribe to report" will be the filters on the scheduled report.
- This will open up your subscriptions, click on create a subscription.
- Enter the required information below:
- Subscription Name
- Start Date
- Repeat
- Schedule Time
- Time Zone
Exporting PowerBI Reports
Users can export data from Power BI into Excel to further anaylze.
- Hover over the report to get the menu options to appear in the top-right corner.
- Click on the three dots, and then click "Export Data".
- Export data using the "Data with Current Layout" option.
