Embed Power BI Content in a Model-Driven App System Dashboard
Tags: powerbi, powerapps, powerfuldevs, powerautomate
Published: 2023-05-09 10:19:58


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**What is Power BI?**
Power BI has the ability to connect and consolidate data from various sources, such as Excel spreadsheets, databases, cloud-based services, and more. This allows businesses to gain a comprehensive view of their data, identify patterns, trends, and insights, and make informed decisions to drive their performance.

**How does ‘Power BI’ visualize data?**
The data visualization capabilities of Power BI are second to none. Its rich library of visualizations, including charts, graphs, maps, and gauges, provides a visually appealing and interactive way to explore data, uncover insights, and communicate findings effectively to stakeholders. With Power BI, organizations can transform complex data into meaningful and actionable insights, empowering decision-makers at all levels of the organization to gain valuable insights and make informed decisions quickly.

**Power BI and Advanced Analytics**
Power BI goes beyond basic data analysis by offering advanced analytics capabilities, such as predictive analytics and machine learning. Users can leverage Power BI's built-in algorithms and integrations with popular machine learning tools like R and Python to gain deeper insights from their data. Power BI also supports natural language queries and Q&A, allowing users to ask questions in plain English and receive instant insights from their data.

**Why is Creating Reports in Power BI Important?**
Reports in Power BI provide visualizations that help identify patterns, trends, and outliers in data, allowing for a holistic view of data. Reports also facilitate collaboration and communication among teams, promote interactive exploration of data, and generate insights that can optimize business processes and drive growth. In a competitive business environment, creating reports in Power BI is crucial for organizations to gain a competitive edge by leveraging data effectively.

**What Happens When You Create a Report in Power BI?**
**Data Preparation:** Creating a report in Power BI involves connecting to data sources, cleaning and transforming data, and creating a structured dataset for analysis. This step ensures that data is accurate, relevant, and optimized for visualization.
**Visualization Creation:** Power BI provides a wide range of visualizations that can be customized to suit specific requirements. Users can drag and drop data fields onto visualizations, configure settings, and create interactive and dynamic reports that provide insights into data.
**Interactivity and Exploration:** Reports in Power BI are interactive, allowing users to explore data from different angles, drill down into data, and apply filters to isolate specific data points. This promotes a deep understanding of data and enables users to uncover hidden insights.
**Insight Generation:** Creating reports in Power BI facilitates the generation of valuable insights from data. Users can identify trends, outliers, and patterns in data visualizations, and use these insights to make informed decisions, optimize business processes, and drive growth.

**How to add a report or dashboard?**
A system dashboard within a model-driven app serves as a central hub for users to access reports integrated into the app or embedded from Power BI. To make reports or dashboards created in Power BI accessible to app users, they need to be added to the app solution and configured in the app's system dashboards.

This functionality applies to both reports and dashboards in Power BI, as they can be embedded within the app. However, it's important to note that users must have appropriate access to the content in the Power BI service in order to interact with it within the app. This includes having the relevant Power BI license, workspace, report, dashboard, and data permissions.

**This is how a model-driven app with Power BI system dashboard looks like**


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To add a Power BI embedded dashboard to your model-driven app in Power Apps, navigate to Solutions in the left navigation menu, open the relevant solution, and go to the Objects area. Click on +New, then select Dashboard and Power BI embedded to create a new embedded dashboard seamlessly integrated within your app. Here, you can see that Power BI is now embedded into solution.


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When adding a report/dashboard to your model-driven app in Power Apps, specify a Display name for the embedded content. Choose the Type, Workspace, and provide the name of the report/dashboard you want to embed.


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To edit your model-driven app within the solution, navigate to the Apps area of Power Apps or locate it within the solution. This allows you to make necessary updates and modifications to your app's design and functionality, ensuring it meets the specific needs of your business or organization.


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In the app editor, access the Navigation icon on the left-hand side and choose the desired area for the dashboard/report to appear, such as the "My Work" section. Then, click on +Add page > Dashboard > Next to add the embedded Power BI content seamlessly into your app. This allows for easy navigation and access to the dashboard/report within the app's user interface. Here, you can see that the dashboard page has been added in the model-driven app.


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Navigate to the Power BI dashboards section and locate the Power BI content that was previously added to the solution. Choose the report/dashboard you wish to add, with the option to select multiple items if needed.


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Save, publish, and launch the app to see the integrated Power BI content in action.


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Upon completion, the dashboard will be visible in the app navigation. Users can easily switch between multiple system dashboards by clicking on the desired dashboard name within the app. This is what the final outcome will look and feel like.


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**Final Thoughts**
In conclusion, creating reports in Power BI is a transformative step in the data analysis process. By harnessing the power of data visualization and providing actionable insights, Power BI reports facilitate data-driven decision-making, collaboration, and agility. Embracing Power BI as a [data analytics service](https://cloudstakes.com/services/data-analytics) enables organizations to leverage data for strategic advantage, unlocking new opportunities for growth and success. In a world where data is king, Power BI empowers businesses to stay ahead, make informed choices, and drive innovation in a rapidly evolving business landscape.