Creating custom reports and dashboards
The first thing we need to do to work with Power BI Desktop to build custom reports is to understand the main components. Once we have the data connected to Power BI Desktop, there are three main areas of work:
- Report
- Data
- Model:
Figure 12.16 – Power BI Desktop areas
As we can see, these three work areas are located on the left-hand side of the screen, below the main ribbon.
Report
This is the area where we will build our reports and add the different visualizations we need. In the center of the screen, we will have the report area, where we can add different pages to the bottom page of the report. On the right-hand side, we have the data filters, the visualization configuration area, and the area where we can select the fields or create new measures:
Figure 12.17 – Report area
In the preceding screenshot, we can see the following:
- The area...
