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Jkaelin
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8 years ago
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Workspace (conceptual question - Dashboard vs. Report. vs. Dataset)

Good morning,   I feel like a rookie asking this but I honestly don't understand the difference in a report vs. dataset.  I setup a gateway, scheduled a data refresh for a pbix. desktop file; but i...
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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    8 years ago

    Well, the data set is just that, it is the raw data model that you built in your PBIX file. You can use it to create a report. Reports are the visualization pages that you built in your PBIX file. 

     

    Now, dashboards can only be created in the Service. The tricky part though is that a dashboard tile retains all of the filters that you put on it at the time that you pinned it. This often creates confusion as the data set will refresh but the dashboard tiles do not change. Invariably people realize that when they pinned the dashboard tile, they had a filter or slicer that was filtering it to a specific set of data.

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Greg_Deckler
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8 years ago

Well, the data set is just that, it is the raw data model that you built in your PBIX file. You can use it to create a report. Reports are the visualization pages that you built in your PBIX file. 

 

Now, dashboards can only be created in the Service. The tricky part though is that a dashboard tile retains all of the filters that you put on it at the time that you pinned it. This often creates confusion as the data set will refresh but the dashboard tiles do not change. Invariably people realize that when they pinned the dashboard tile, they had a filter or slicer that was filtering it to a specific set of data.