Dashboards versus reports
Executives and senior-level stakeholders require a holistic view of the top metrics or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) established by their organization. While Power BI reports deliver a visually rich data analysis experience, optionally at a very detailed level, Power BI dashboards provide a simplified “single pane of glass” for viewing top metrics.
Additionally, since the tiles of dashboards can be linked to their source report visuals or other dashboards, a dashboard can serve as the starting point to optionally navigate to other dashboards and underlying reports.
From a technical standpoint, Power BI dashboards are exclusive to the Power BI online service and are primarily composed of tiles representing visuals from one or many reports. While Power BI reports are often limited to a single source dataset, a dashboard’s tiles can represent multiple datasets from highly disparate sources to help provide a 360-degree view...
