24.1 Report vs Dashboard
People often say "dashboard" for any Power BI page. In Power BI, the two words mean different things.
| Report | Dashboard | |
|---|---|---|
| Created in | Power BI Desktop (or the Service) | Power BI Service only |
| Pages | One or many pages | One single canvas |
| Data sources | One semantic model | Tiles can come from many reports and models |
| Interactivity | Full: slicers, filters, cross-filtering, drill, bookmarks | Limited: clicking a tile opens the source report/page |
| Slicers/filters on canvas | Yes | No (a pinned live page keeps its slicers) |
| Data alerts | Newer Fabric Set alert on visuals, where available | Yes, on card, KPI and gauge tiles |
| Q&A | Q&A visual | Q&A box at the top, and pinned Q&A tiles |
| Mobile | Mobile layout per page | Mobile layout for the dashboard |
| Typical use | Analysis, exploration, detail | A one-screen "cockpit" of key numbers from several reports |
| Quick-commerce example | QC Operations Report with 4 pages | Rani's Maharashtra Cockpit: KPIs from the Operations, Customers and Finance reports |
Report vs dashboard – ha prashna interview madhe jawal jawal nehmi yeto. Nakki lakshat theva.
Ravindra Bagale's Tip
Mitrano, khup students use "dashboard" and "report" as the same thing in interviews. In Power BI, a dashboard is a single page of pinned tiles in the Service, while a report is the multi-page interactive file you built in Desktop. Get this distinction right; interviewers often ask it. Practice kara, mag ekdum sope vatel.