Connecting to datasets in the Power BI service from Desktop
We can directly add, datasets from the PowerBI service, to our Desktop.
Step 1: Open your PowerBI desktop. Under the Data section, Click on the Get Data button.
Step 2: A drop-down appears. To add datasets from the PowerBI service, click on the PowerBI datasets.
Step 3: A new dialogue box name, Data hub appears on the screen. Select the required dataset. For example, geeks_for_geeks.
Step 4: As soon as we select the dataset, Connect button gets enabled. Click on the Connect button.
Step 5: We will observe that all the tables inside the dataset are added, under the Fields section. Hence, we are successfully been able to connect the PowerBI dataset from the Desktop.
Connect Power BI Desktop with Power BI Service
Power BI Desktop is the system version of Power BI present in the local system, It is downloaded as a free application. The comprehensive report authoring tool for report designers is Power BI Desktop. You can connect to many data sources through the desktop and then turn the data into a data model. The addition of visuals based on the data model is the last step in the report generation process. Whereas PowerBi service is a cloud-based service where users view and interact with the reports. The Power BI reports are published to the Service by report creators using the Desktop application. Users of the Service can exchange and collaborate with coworkers while editing reports and developing visualizations using the current data model.
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