Power BI Plugin Capabilities
This article describes the current capabilities of the Metric Insights Power BI Plugin.
- For more information on the types of objects in Microsoft Power BI, go to Basic concepts for designers in the Power BI service.
Power BI Objects | Collect Image | Get Data | Embed in a Portal Page | Notes |
Dataset | - | + | - | |
Report | + | - | + | |
Dashboard | + | - | + | |
Dashboard Tile (pinned Report chart or table) |
+ | - | + | Image can be collected for the entire Dashboard only, not specific Tiles |
Dashboard Live Page (pinned Report chart or table) |
+ | - | + | Image can be collected for the entire Dashboard, but not for a specific Live Page |
For more information on embedding Power BI Objects in Portal Pages, see Embedding Overview.
Microsoft Power BI Objects
1. Datasets
- Datasets are collections of data in Microsoft Power BI.
- Data from Power BI Datasets can be fetched to Metric Insights.
2. Reports
- Reports are one or more pages of visualizations (line chars, maps, etc).
- Images can be collected from Power BI Reports via the respective plugin connection profile.
Report Visualizations can be pinned to Dashboards as Tiles.