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Common dashboard from different workspaces

We would like to create a summary dashboard for the top management from several workspaces with different permissions (finance, sales, production, QA). Each workspace has its own visualizations, but ...
  • johnbasha33's avatar
    2 years ago

    MC_TO 

    To create a summary dashboard for top management that consolidates KPIs from different workspaces with different permissions, you have a few options:

    1. Power BI App Workspaces and App Navigation:

      • Create separate Power BI App Workspaces for each department (finance, sales, production, QA).
      • Create a separate Power BI App Workspace for the management dashboard.
      • Use Power BI's app navigation feature to link to the KPI visualizations in each department's workspace from the management dashboard.
      • This approach allows you to maintain separate workspaces for each department while providing a centralized management dashboard that consolidates KPIs.
    2. Power BI Service Integration:

      • Use the Power BI service's integration capabilities to embed KPI visualizations from different workspaces into a single dashboard.
      • You can use Power BI's content embedding feature to embed individual visuals or entire reports into a master dashboard.
      • This approach allows you to aggregate KPIs from multiple workspaces into a single dashboard without having to duplicate visualizations.
    3. Dataflows and Data Integration:

      • Create dataflows in each department's workspace to extract and transform the relevant KPI data into a standardized format.
      • Use Power BI's data integration features to combine data from multiple dataflows into a single dataset.
      • Create KPI visualizations based on the combined dataset in the management dashboard workspace.
      • This approach allows you to centralize and standardize KPI data from different workspaces for reporting purposes.
    4. Automated Data Refresh:

      • Configure automated data refresh for the datasets and reports in each department's workspace to ensure that the KPI visualizations are always up-to-date.
      • Power BI supports scheduled data refresh for datasets stored in the Power BI service, allowing you to keep the management dashboard updated without manual intervention.
    5. Custom Development:

      • If the built-in features of Power BI do not fully meet your requirements, you can explore custom development options using Power BI's APIs and SDKs.
      • You can develop custom solutions to programmatically retrieve and aggregate KPI data from different workspaces and present them in a centralized management dashboard.

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