What's the difference between visualizations and Tiles ?

[fuyouhu]

Hi all,

In this link

there are visualizations and Tiles, who can tell me the difference, how to understand? It seems they are the same meaning. 

• Visualizations – a visual representation of data, sometimes just called visuals
• Datasets – a collection of data that Power BI uses to create visualizations
• Reports – a collection of visuals from a dataset, spanning one or more pages
• Dashboards – a single page collection of visuals, built from a report
• Tiles – a single visualization found in a report or dashboard

Thanks,

VWBI.

[Commander840]

Unfortunately this explanation seems to perpetuate the confusion.

A visual, or visualization, is a format which doesn't contain any data. Power BI shows a range of possible visuals on the working page, without data. A tile, on the other hand, is the result of placing data into a visual(ization). And by extension, a dashboard is a single-page collection of tiles, while a report is one or many related dashboards. 

A dashboard is not "built from a report". A report comprises one or several dashboards, and is built from tiles, the foundation of which is a visual(ization).

[v-qiuyu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @fuyouhu,

Please go through these two articles: 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/power-bi-report-visualizations

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-dashboard-tiles

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu