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LogoutDifference between Dashboards and Reports
Dashboard and reports both terms are used interchangeably, but they are not synonymous. The below table compares the dashboard with the reports, such as:
| Capabilities | Dashboards | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Pages | It has only one page. | It can have one or more pages. |
| Data Sources | It has one or more reports and datasets per dashboard. | It has only a single dataset per report. |
| Pinning | It can pin existing visualizations only from the current dashboard to your other dashboards. | It can pin visualizations to any of the dashboards. And also can pin entire report pages to any of the dashboards. |
| Filtering | It can’t filter or slice. | It has many different ways to filter, highlight, and slice. |
| Feature | It can set one dashboard as the featured dashboard. | It cannot create a feature report. |
| Set alerts | No | Yes, it can set alerts. |
| Subscribe | We can’t subscribe to a dashboard. | We can subscribe to report pages. |
| Available in Power BI desktop | No | Yes, it can create and view reports in desktop. |
| Change visualization type | No, if a report owner changes the visualization type in the report, the pinned visualization on the dashboard does not update. | Yes, it can change the visualization type. |