Power BI – How to add Reports to Dashboards?
Reports can be transformed into dashboards, for viewing and explaining purposes. One can add a complete report, to the dashboard, or components of it can also be added. We could also add multiple reports and their components in a single dashboard. In this article, we will learn how to add reports to dashboards.
Creating a Dashboard in Power BI
One can create its own dashboard from the workspace itself. For example, we have a workspace name, Beginner_for_Beginner, and we want to create a dashboard, name, gfg_dashboard.
The following are the steps:
Step 1: Go to the required workspace. For example, Beginner_for_Beginner. Click on the +New button. A drop-down list appears. Click on the Dashboard, to create a new dashboard.
Step 2: A dialogue box name, Create dashboard appears. Write the name of the dashboard. For example, gfg_dashboard.
Step 3: An empty dashboard is created.
Step 4: One can also view that dashboard is added in the workspace also.
Adding a Complete Report to a Dashboard in Power BI
As we have created a dashboard successfully. Now, we can add an entire report to the dashboard. For example, you are given a report report1, and you want to add this report to a dashboard.
Following are the steps:
Step 1: Go to the required workspace. Click on the report for which you want to pin it to the dashboard. For example, report1.
Step 2: In the top navigation bar, we can see three dots. Click on it. A drop-down list appears. Click on the Pin to a dashboard.
Step 3: A new dialogue box name, Pin to dashboard is opened. Click on the existing dashboard radio button. Select the dashboard. For example, gfg_dashboard. Click on the Pin live button.
Step 4: On the right side of the page, a new dialogue box name, Pinned to dashboard appears. Click on Go to dashboard.
Step 5: An entire report is added, in the gfg_dashboard successfully.
Adding components of multiple reports in a dashboard
We can also add multiple reports and their components in a single dashboard. For example, if we want to add a card from report1, and a graph from report2, in a dashboard name, gfg_dashboard.
Following are the steps:
Step 1: Go to the required workspace. Now, we have 2 reports available. Click on the repor1.
Step 2: Our, task is to add a card name, Quantity to the dashboard. Hover on the card. Now, click on the Pin visual button.
Step 3: A dialogue box name, Pin to dashboard appears. As we want to add this card in gfg_dashboard, so click on the Pin button.
Step 4: A card name, Quantity is successfully added to the dashboard.
Step 5: Revert back to your workspace. Select report2.
Step 6: Our task is to add, the below-shown graph to our dashboard. Hover over the graph. Click on the Pin visual button.
Step 7: A new dialogue box name, Pin to dashboard appears. As we want to add this graph in gfg_dashboard. Click on the Pin button.
Step 8: A new graph is added to the same dashboard. We have successfully added a card and a graph from different reports in a dashboard.
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