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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.
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| 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. |
Comparisons supported by this source
- Dashboard layout vs data visualization vs table vs saved view
Microsoft documents visual categories and filtering visuals that can appear inside dashboards.
- Data visualization vs table vs map view vs activity log
Microsoft documents visual categories and selection by goal, data type, audience, and space.
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