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MC_TO
2 years agoNew Member
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 ...
- 2 years ago
To create a summary dashboard for top management that consolidates KPIs from different workspaces with different permissions, you have a few options:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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