What are the Power BI Building Blocks?

[MariaDavids]

Any videos or useful links are appreciated 🙏

[rcristobal]

Is this still the correct answer?

I was going through Power BI documentation and found this page.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/get-started-with-power-bi/3-building-blocks-of-po...

As per the documentation, the building blocks of Power BI are:

• Semantic Models
• Visualizations

Please feel free to let me know if there's something I missed here.

The previous accepted answer seems more expounded that the current one.

Thank you.

[Sahir_Maharaj · Accepted solution]

There are five Power BI building blocks which are:

1. DataSets
Dataflow’s source data or the collection of data that are imported are called Datasets. Each of these datasets is connected to Power BI to make them be stored in one single place.

2. Visualization
When the data are represented in the form of charts/graphs/diagrams/ any other form of visuals, it is called visualization. These help in reforming the data for a better understanding.

3. Reports
The visual representation of any collected data is called Reports and they include charts, maps, graphs, and even treemaps. These reports can be created in Power BI and can be shared through dashboards, with one’s friends. Another way to generate reports is when the user connects to various datasets from their SaaS applications / Excel workbooks. Report making includes 2 modes, called Reading View and Editing View.

4. Dashboards
A single sheet that consists of numerous widgets and tiles is called Dashboards. These are either created by the user himself or are borrowed from the one created and shared by their colleague in the Power BI service. In short, it is a collection of various data and reports.

5. Tiles
Each and every visual data stored in the dashboards are called a Tile. In other words, the Dashboard is a collection of Tiles.

You can use the following resources as a reference:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ghKVXGPRBg

2. https://www.coursera.org/lecture/data-warehouse-analytics-microsoft-azure/building-blocks-of-powe...

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmiGnQMLQpU

Thanks,

Sahir