Power BI Service and Collaboration Flashcards
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What is Power BI Embedded and who is it primarily designed for?
Answer: An Azure service that lets ISVs and developers embed Power BI reports into their own applications without end-user Power BI licenses
Power BI Embedded is an Azure capacity-based offering allowing developers to embed interactive Power BI reports into custom applications, with customers not needing individual Power BI licenses.
What are 'Deployment Pipelines' in Power BI Service used for?
Answer: Managing the lifecycle of Power BI content through Development, Test, and Production stages
Deployment Pipelines provide a structured way to promote Power BI content (reports, datasets, dashboards) through Development → Test → Production stages with comparison and rollback capabilities.
What is the XMLA endpoint in Power BI Premium used for?
Answer: Allowing external tools like SSMS, Tabular Editor, or DAX Studio to connect to Premium datasets
The XMLA endpoint provides a standard protocol connection point allowing tools like SQL Server Management Studio, DAX Studio, and Tabular Editor to read from or write to Premium datasets.
What is a 'Scorecard' in Power BI Service?
Answer: A feature for tracking goals and metrics with defined targets, owners, and check-ins aligned to strategic objectives
Power BI Scorecards allow organizations to define, track, and manage key metrics against targets with ownership, status updates, and notes for business goal alignment.
What is 'Power BI Report Server' and how does it differ from Power BI Service?
Answer: An on-premises server for hosting and sharing Power BI reports without using the cloud
Power BI Report Server is an on-premises report hosting solution that allows organizations to publish and share Power BI reports inside their own data center without sending data to Microsoft's cloud.
What is a 'Shared Dataset' in Power BI Service and what is its benefit?
Answer: A single published dataset in a workspace that multiple reports can connect to, ensuring consistent data and reducing duplication
Shared Datasets allow multiple report authors to build reports against a single, centrally managed dataset, promoting a single source of truth and reducing maintenance overhead.