FIGURE 

4-12:
Architecture of a
dashboard.

Collaborating inside Power BI Services

The transition from Power BI Desktop to Power BI Services is partially due to
collaboration — you’re unable to collaborate with others using Power BI Desktop.
You may want to share with a small subset of users, or perhaps the group of users
you’re looking to share information with is distributed. Depending on the Power
BI Services option you’re working with, you have these options:

»» Using workspace: The most common way to share reports and dashboards
is by using the workspace. Suppose that another user is given access to a
report or dashboard. In that case, the user either views or edits the workspace
area in Power BI Services.

»» Using Microsoft Teams: Using the Chat feature in Teams allows for collabo-
rating on reports and dashboards with Power BI.

»» Distributing your reports and dashboards via an app: If your results are
focused, the user can build a single app and create a working executable for
sharing among other users.

»» Embedding reports and dashboards on websites: Sometimes, the reports

and dashboards you create might be helpful for targeted public consumption
on an external or internal facing website. You can create an iteration of a
Power BI report or dashboard that’s viewable. Any user who visits that website
may view the data if they’re assigned permission to do so.

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