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PowerBIArchitectureEndToEnd MelissaCoates-1
PowerBIArchitectureEndToEnd MelissaCoates-1
End-to-End
July 22, 2020
Melissa Coates
Data Architect | Consultant | Trainer
CoatesDataStrategies.com
@SQLChick | @CoatesDS
Slides:
CoatesDataStrategies.com/Presentations
Diagram:
CoatesDataStrategies.com/Diagrams
What is Power BI?
A suite of tools to support both self-service BI and corporate BI:
• Data acquisition • Calculations
• Data preparation and cleansing • Reports and visuals
• Data modeling • Content delivery and viewing
Dashboard 1 Dashboard 2
Workspace
Report 1 Report 2 Report 3 Report 4
Dataset 1 Dataset 2
Licenses Required for Power BI Service
User Licenses:
User
Free Personal analytics (my workspace) identity
from Azure
Team collaboration and content Active
Pro distribution (workspaces, apps, sharing) Directory
publish
Excel .xlsx file view
Web Server content
SharePoint view
content
iFrame
Report
Options for Embedding Content
Internal Embedding External Embedding
Embed for productivity Embed for Embed for
your org customers Public
(no-code)
(user owns data) (app owns data)
URL Embedding Embedding Embedding REST APIs: REST APIs: Publish to web:
for internal websites in in Custom portals ISV apps and public portals, open
and portals Teams SharePoint and custom apps services data initiatives
URL Embedding Embedding Embedding REST APIs: REST APIs: Publish to web:
for internal websites in in Custom portals ISV apps and public portals, open
and portals Teams SharePoint and custom apps services data initiatives
Power BI
Service Standard
Mode
(Enterprise)
Personal Gateway
Mode
Gateway
Standard Mode Data Gateway
Managed: Managed:
Power BI Service or Power BI Service
Power Platform Admin Center or PowerShell
or PowerShell
Power BI Premium
Download diagram: CoatesDataStrategies.com/Diagrams
Power BI Premium
Power BI Service
User-based Shared Capacity
licensing
Workspace 1 Workspace 2
Workspace
Report 1 Report 2 Report 3 Report 4
Dataset 1 Dataset 2
Dataflow A
Dataflows
Power BI
Service
create
dataflow in Workspace
Power Query
Online Dataflow
Power BI Power BI
Desktop Desktop
Top Reasons for Using Power BI Dataflows
Diagrams: No derivatives or
changes to these
CoatesDataStrategies.com/Diagrams materials
Blog: No usage of
these materials
CoatesDataStrategies.com/Blog-Posts for commercial
purposes
Videos:
Link.CoatesDataStrategies.com/YouTube
Power BI Whitepapers