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Microsoft Learn: Overview of visualizations in Power BI
Documents visualization categories and chart selection by data type and goal, including trends, relationships, maps, cards, tables, KPIs, gauges, and filtering visuals.
Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dashboard layout | Choose dashboard layout when the user's task is monitoring or triaging multiple related signals on one page. | Dashboard title, purpose, active filters, and last updated time apply visibly to the widgets they govern. | Microsoft documents visual categories including cards, tables, KPIs, gauges, maps, slicers, and filtering visuals that can appear as dashboard widgets. |
| Data visualization | Choose Data visualization when the user's primary task is seeing a pattern, relationship, trend, distribution, ranking, magnitude, or anomaly. | Each visible mark is derived from the current dataset, filter scope, aggregation, and scale; visual marks and table values must agree. | Microsoft documents visualization categories and choosing visuals by data type, goal, audience, and space. |
Evidence Role
This source is treated as platform-guideline evidence. Use it to validate the decision rules above, not as a visual style reference.
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