Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Power BIReports and dashboards

Power BI Dashboards

Power BI brings together data from different sources in reports. You can compare figures per period, department or sales channel.

See the Microsoft example ↗

How does it work in practice?

A report starts with agreements about the figures. What counts as turnover, which costs are included in the margin and how often is the information updated? This is followed by the data model, calculations and display.

  • Reports for management and daily control
  • Data from Excel, databases and available links
  • Filters to investigate a period or section

Power BI or your own web dashboard?

Not every dashboard question asks for Power BI. We built our own web dashboard for Smartlife Domotica, with not only figures but also tools for daily work. View this assignment as an example of that different approach.

Dashboard and e-commerce

Smartlife Domotica

Smartlife Domotica

Management dashboard with turnover, margin, inventory and marketing. With links to the sales channels.

View Smartlife Domotica

Immerse yourself further

  • Data models

    A data model records how data belong together. For example, which order lines belong to an order and which costs are allocated to an item.

  • Choosing KPIs for a dashboard

    A KPI dashboard shows how a company or process is doing. It works best if each number helps answer a specific question.

  • Check data quality

    Reporting and automation require actionable source data. Checks reveal missing, duplicate or anomalous data.

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Image sources

Power BI and Excel icons from Microsoft · CC BY 4.0, unchanged. The report images come from it Customer Profitability example from Microsoft and obviEnce. The Smartlife images are neutral examples of functionality, with fictitious data.

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