What you can do with Power BI
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57 things you can do
Power BI
Microsoft Power BI is a business analytics service that delivers insights to enable fast, informed decisions. It provides interactive visualizations and business intelligence capabilities with an interface simple enough for end users to create their own reports and dashboards.
12 multi-step recipesRecipes: multi-step jobs
Audit Gateway-Bound DatasourcesReconcile a dataset's datasources against a gateway's registered datasources.Clone a Report and Rebind It to Another Dataset
Promote a report by cloning it and rebinding it to a target dataset.Create a Push Dataset and Verify Its Schema
Create a push dataset and confirm it is ready to accept rows.Decommission a Dataset After Clearing Dependents
Retire a dataset after removing the report that depends on it.Export a Report for Archive
Archive a report as a PBIX file together with its metadata and pages.Import a PBIX and Poll Until Published
Publish a PBIX into a workspace and wait for it to finish importing.Inventory a Workspace's Content
Resolve a workspace by name and list all of its content.Provision a Workspace and Grant Access
Create a workspace and grant a principal access to it.Resolve a Dashboard Tile for Embedding
Resolve a dashboard tile and the artifacts an embed token must cover.Review and Adjust Workspace Access
Run an access review pass over a workspace's membership.Trigger a Dataset Refresh and Poll to Completion
Refresh a Power BI dataset and wait for the refresh to finish.Update Dataset Parameters and Refresh
Repoint a parameterized dataset and refresh it so the new values apply.
Analytics & BI Management
Create a workspaceDelete a workspaceAdd a user to a workspaceChange a workspace member's access rightRemove a user from a workspaceCreate an empty dashboardDelete a reportClone a reportPoint a report at a different datasetCreate a push datasetDelete a datasetTrigger a dataset refreshUpdate a dataset's parameter valuesList workspaces I can accessList a workspace's membersList datasets in a workspaceList reports in a workspaceList dashboards in a workspaceList dashboards in My WorkspaceGet a dashboard's detailsList tiles on a dashboardGet one dashboard tileList reports in My WorkspaceGet a report's detailsExport a report as a PBIX fileList a report's pagesList datasets in My WorkspaceGet a dataset's detailsCheck a dataset's refresh historyList a dataset's data sourcesList a dataset's parametersOther things you can do
Import a PBIX or Excel file into a workspaceGenerate an embed tokenList dataflowsList capacities I can accessList installed Power BI appsList imports in a workspaceList on-premises gateways I administerGet one on-premises gatewayList data sources on a gatewayShowing 40 of 45. Search above to find the rest.