Using pre-built Power BI apps 

Pre-built apps are a straightforward way to provide visualizations of your data. Using these pre-built apps will allow you to create a set of reports and dashboards that you can share with your users. You can edit these apps in order to add your own visuals without having to start from a blank report page.

You can use the Power BI service or Power BI Desktop to connect to the Common Data Service.

In the Power BI service, you can use the Get Data button in the bottom-left corner of the page to access different types of data sources. After clicking on Get Data, the following options will appear:

Figure 17.2 – Get Data in the Power BI service

Clicking on Get in the Services tile makes a list of Power BI apps available from AppSource appear, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 17.3 – Power BI apps for Dynamics 365 

There are two pre-packaged analytics apps available: Sales Analytics and Customer Service Analytics...