Now that we introduced you to some of the core concepts in Power BI such as reports, dashboards, and workspaces, let’s see how these different elements would be used to support common business scenario. Managers often want to see how their salespeople are performing. It wouldn’t be uncommon for your manager to ask to see your latest sales and profit figures by the end of the day. Many individuals keep those details in an Excel spreadsheet on their computer. Historically, getting that data into a format that a manager can easily consume could take several hours if not days.

With Power BI, we can easily create and share a dashboard with a manager by connecting to a data source such as an Excel spreadsheet on your laptop. While the data sources that you use might be different, the process for building and sharing a dashboard are same.