Power BI - Interactive

 Power BI is a Microsoft tool that lets you connect to your data (from Excel, databases, cloud sources, etc.), and then create interactive dashboards. These dashboards aren't just static reports — users can click, filter, drill down, and interact with the visuals in real-time.

Key Features for Interactive Dashboards:

• Slicers and Filters: Dropdowns, buttons, or visual controls to filter the data dynamically.

• Drillthrough Pages: Right-click to drill into detailed reports based on a category.

• Bookmarks: Save different views/states of your report and navigate between them.

• Tooltips: Hover over data points to get a mini-report or detailed info.

• Q&A Visuals: Users type natural language questions and get real-time visuals.

• Sync Slicers: Apply the same filter across multiple pages at once.

 

Example Components for a Dashboard:

Visual	Use Case
Line Chart	Trends over time (like revenue growth)
Bar Chart	Category comparisons (like sales per region)
Pie Chart	Share of total (like market share)
Map Visual	Geographic data (like sales by country)
KPI Card	Key Metrics (like profit margin %)
Matrix Table	Pivot-style detailed data view
Gauge	Target progress (like sales vs goal)

 

Common Use Cases:

• Sales Performance Dashboard

• Marketing Campaign Analysis

• Financial Reporting

• Customer Feedback Sentiment Analysis

• Supply Chain/Inventory Management

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Quick Example:

Imagine a dashboard for a Retail Chain:

• Top-left: Card showing "Total Sales"

• Middle: Line chart of "Sales Over Time"

• Bottom-left: Map showing "Sales by Store Location"

• Right: List of "Top 10 Products Sold"

• Slicer on top: Filter by "Year" and "Region"

User clicks on "California" → all visuals update automatically to reflect California-only sales.