Right now we can create hierarchies in PowerPivot but I'm pretty sure I can't do it in PowerBI. I could create a Data Model in PowerPivot and use that for PowerBI I think. Is there any other work around that could be more desktop based?
Thanks!
Mike
You cannot create a hierarchy in the Power BI Dashboard Preview or in Power BI. If you want this feature I would encourage you to add it to the proposed feature list here: https://support.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi or vote for the item if it already exists.
You can create hierarchies in Power Pivot and deploy the model to Power BI Preview but the hierarchies are not visible.
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I want to show KPIs (Key Performance Indicator) on my SharePoint. My Datasource will be my TFS (Azure DevOps). For example showing the planned and finished Tasks for a Sprint on SharePoint and generate a graph out of it.
I saw that in Microsoft PowerApps - which are integrateable in my SharePoint-View - there are DevOps-Connectors, but i didnt rly saw a possibility to aggregate my task-statistics (planned / finished in a sprint) and show them.
Solution
Writing a C#-Backend that has a TFS-Client running.
Can I use this for a Power-App-CustomConnector?
Is there another way to acess data in a PowerApp from a REST-API?
Worst Case the Backend will have shedule to create and update SharePoint-Tables with my TFS-Stats
What is the best way to aggregate and show my tfs (azure devOps) statistics on my sharepoint page?
I'd recommend using Power BI, I use it for my Azure DevOps KPIs. You should be able to embed your Power BI reports within SharePoint easily. Power BI has ready-made connectors for aggregating work item data via the new Analytics Views preview feature. You'll want to start by enabling it within your Preview Features:
Once you have the feature enabled, create an analytics view that aggregates the data you'll use in Power BI (or use a default view):
Creating an Analytics View: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/report/powerbi/analytics-views-create?view=azure-devops
After that, go ahead and open Power BI to connect to your Analytics View and start composing your KPI dashboard:
Create a Power BI report with a default Analytics view: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/report/powerbi/create-quick-report?view=azure-devops
After you've finished your report, embed it within SharePoint:
Power BI - Embed a Report in SharePoint: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-embed-report-spo
Hello,
I got a question about the way we create ROLES in Power BI desktop. The manual ROLES creation process is really hack-tic and time consuming. I want to ask if there is any way to create/load Power BI ROLES with their DAX filter expressions from some EXCEL file ?
for reference i am attaching following img
The only way to create the roles is via the interface at this time. There is no functionality via the API, or by reading the contents/updating inside of the PBIX file (which contains xml, json and other formats).
There is a vote for this functionality on the Power BI Ideas site, and a Power BI Designer API here.
Is it possible to use Power BI Report Builder to connect to a SharePoint list?
It seems that it was possible to do that with the old SSRS Report Builder - link.
I would like to Build a SSRS-like report with Power BI using different SharePoint lists as Data Sources. I tried to use the Power BI Desktop app to build a report but I couldn't matrix/tables/sections repetitions.
In the latest update(July 2019) of Power BI Report Builder, you can use NON-PREMIUM datasets from Power BI Service as a data-source for Report Builder.
So you can simply create a Dashboard in Power BI desktop from any SharePoint list and publish it in your work-space. To create a dataset from a SharePoint list, go to Get Data > Online Services > SharePoint online list and add fill in the details. Then Publish your dashboard in your workspace.
Once that is done, you can use that dataset in your report builder.
Check the image below:
Note: You can also Schedule a Refresh on your dataset so that your data is up-to-date.
Get data->More, you could find SharePoint Online List option.
According to this: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/unleashing-insights-from-data-in-documentdb-with-power-bi/ DocumentDB connector is available for both Power Bi online and Power Bi Desktop.
But when I go to Get Data -> Databases in Power Bi online, I do not see any way to connect to Document DB. I can see the connector only in Power Bi Desktop.
Is Document DB supported as data source in Power Bi online? if no, is there any workaround to make it work? I have a requirement to feed schema-less data (located in Azure) to Power Bi online, I'm searching for any way to do it, whether this is Document DB or some other NoSQL database
please allow me to clarify that connectivity to a DocumentDB account via PowerBI.com is actually there. Currently, the "Get Data" in PowerBI.com only offers data sources with DirectQuery capability. Please see this article on DirectQuery. We are working to support DirectQuery in future. For now, there are two ways to push DocumentDB data to PowerBI.com. The first method is what Denny has suggested: build the report via PowerBI Desktop and publish the report to PowerBI.com. The second method is to leverage PowerBI API to connect and push data from a DocumentDB account to PowerBI.com.
First of all, I'd like to apologize for my initial answer as I completely missed your key issue about utilizing Power BI Online. Allow me to try to make amends by attempting a more complete and proper answer.
In the case of Power BI Online, because the Power BI-to-DocumentDB connector is currently in beta, it is not available as a data source within Power BI Online under the Get Data section as you noted. Saying this, you can create a connection to DocumentDB using the Power BI desktop, publish it to Power BI Online, and then refresh it within Power BI Online. Following the "Power BI tutorial for DocumentDB: Visualize data using the Power BI connector" tutorial, here is a screenshot of running the data refresh on PowerBI.com using the credentials to your DocumentDB database.
Note, there are is already a request on the Power BI Ideas forum to have DocumentDB available directly within Power BI Online - you can read more and vote for it (if appropriate) at: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/7160908-documentdb.
Some additional references that may be helpful:
Data Refresh in Power BI: Here is some additional information about how Data Refresh works in Power BI.
Power BI Content Packs: For more information on connectors between Power BI and other data sources, please reference Content Packs.
I successfully managed to connect a java application to Power BI REST API and managed to create a dataset and added some data.
I can view this data from Power BI web interface, make reports, graph etc.
Is it possible to connect Power BI Desktop to this datasets and create custom reports from there?
I'm asking this because the desktop application seems to be more complete. You can edit column names, merge tables, etc. all things that are not available in the web application.
Thanks all for the help.
The Power BI Desktop does not support connecting to real-time data sets in the Power BI service at this time.
Could you submit this as a request to https://ideas.powerbi.com?
It is possible to use REST API Dataset in Power Bi Desktop since April 2017 and it worked for me in the latest version of Power BI Desktop.
But even though you can create reports based on datasets from Power BI Service, you still cannot edit column names, merge tables, etc.
The features is called Power BI service Live connection.
To establish a connection to the published report, and create your own report based on the published dataset, select Get Data from the Home ribbon in Power BI Desktop, and select Power BI service. You can also select it from Get Data > Online Services > Power BI service.
After the report is finished, you can publish your report by selecting Publish from the Home ribbon in Power BI Desktop.
More details on Power BI documentation page.