Publishing Report to Power BI Online Service from Desktop

Step 1: After successfully, creating an account. Our next step is to connect the desktop with the online service by publishing a report on the Power BI online service.  Create a report, and click on the Publish button. 

Step 2: A dialogue box appears. Click on the Save button, to save the required changes to the report. 

Step 3: Save the file, at your convenient location. Name the .pbix file. For example, gfg.pbix. Click on the Save button. 

Step 4: A new dialogue box appears. Enter the email address, by which you created an account on the online service. Click on the Continue button.  

Step 5: All, the connected accounts, will be listed. Click on the desired account at which you want to save the file. 

Step 6: Enter the password, for that Power BI online account. Click on the Sign-in button.  

Step 7: Select the My workspace. Click on the Select button. 

Step 8: The report will be published to the Power BI online service.  

Step 9: Click on the Open ‘gfg.pbix’ in Power BI, to open the published file. 

Step 10: The files have been successfully uploaded to the Power BI service. We have successfully connected the Desktop with the 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.