Authoring Power BI Reports

The visually immersive and interactive nature of Power BI reports defines the essence of Power BI to most stakeholders. Although semantic models and their data sources must be developed first to serve as the source of reports, the thoughtful design of intuitive, focused reports that empower users with insights and flexibility can become highly valuable assets for organizations.

Power BI Desktop provides abundant data visualization features and options, enabling the construction of highly targeted, user-friendly reports across devices. As each Power BI Desktop report can contain multiple pages, with each page including multiple visuals, a single Power BI report can support multiple use cases, audiences, and business needs. For example, a KPI visual can be pinned to a dashboard in the Power BI service, while a report page can support detailed, domain-specific analysis. These capabilities compete directly with visualization offerings from competitor analytics...