Configure data sources for Dashboard

[Markzolotoy]

After a dashboard (or report) is created and published how exactly a client will be using it knowing that his data location is different? Is there a configuration file or something?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Hi @Markzolotoy,

Could you please describe more details about client? Does it mean that the users want to know the dataset of dashboards after you share the dashboard to them? If that is the case, when you share dashboards via Group and give user edit permission to the group content or share dashboard via Content Pack, the users are able to view datasets of the dashboards.

However, when you share dashboards using Share option, users are not able to know the dataset. Moreover, only dashboard owner can know what original source the dataset connects to.

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

[Markzolotoy]

By a client I mean a company that uses our products. When I design a dashboard I am pointing it to my data. How would it work with the client's data?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Hi @Markzolotoy,

You can drag the client data into database or flat file, then import database or the flat file into Power BI and create report/dashboard based on the data.

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

[Markzolotoy]

I think you misundestood. They use our software for their business. They need to see their data at a real time. 

[Anonymous]

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@Markzolotoy wrote:

I think you misundestood. They use our software for their business. They need to see their data at a real time. 

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Hi @Markzolotoy,

Could you please describe more details about the above requirement?

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

[Markzolotoy]

When I create a report it uses my local data. After deploying it to Power BI serrvice what kind configuration is available to point reports/dashboards to client data?

[Anonymous]

Hi @Markzolotoy,

There is no such configuration that can be made to point dashboard or report to use client data after you publish report to Power BI Service. You will need to create the report based on the client data , then publish it to Service and create dashboard.

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang