To create a dashboard in the Power BI service, go through the following steps.
First, select your workspace:
From the top right, select Create->Dashboard:
Provide a dashboard name, e.g. Carl’s Dashboard:
You will see a blank screen with options. Select + Add Tile:
You can select from:
- Web Content
- Image
- Text box
- Video
- Real-Time Data
Web Content
Select web content. Click Next:
Here we can add web content such as HTML, embedding videos, tweets etc.
Let’s first add some HTML:
Next let’s embed a tweet. Go to Twitter, select a tweet and grab the embed code:
Paste and Apply:
We now have 2 web content examples:
Images
Select Add Tile->Image->Next:
Let’s grab the URL of my profile picture from Twitter:
Text Box
Select Text Box:
Video
Add a video:
You can add from YouTube, Vimeo etc. We will use YouTube as an example. Select the video and either copy the URL from the address bar, or click share:
And copy the URL:
Copy to the tile:
The tile will be added:
You can rearrange tiles on the dashboard by dragging them:
And by selecting a tile, you can Edit details, Add a comment, pin tile and delete tile:
Real-Time Data
For real-time data streaming, see my post here.
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