In today’s data-driven world, businesses face increasing pressure to make fast, informed decisions. Interactive dashboards, such as those in Power Apps, address this challenge by consolidating data into a single, real-time interface. Studies show that businesses using dashboards can reduce reporting time by up to 50%, leading to 25% faster decision-making (Source). These dashboards empower users to visualize key metrics, analyze data across multiple streams, and customize the interface to fit specific business needs—all without extensive coding. The result is enhanced productivity, better insights, and a stronger competitive edge.
The dashboard serves as the initial interface that users see in the application when they log in. This is extremely important to consolidate all crucial information about data in one, centralized place. The dashboard gives you a 360-degree, comprehensive view of your business and helps you understand key performance indicators (KPI).
In Power Apps, data visualization can be achieved in various ways. This includes operational dashboards, which present information in tabular views, and analytical dashboards, which offer graphical representations for deeper data analysis using pie, bar, doughnut charts and more. For an efficient display of all necessary information, a combination of easy-to-read charts, graphs, and views in one place is recommended.
An alternative approach to gain real-time insights into Dataverse data involves using interactive experience dashboards. These dashboards allow users to filter and analyse data from various perspectives, while providing access records directly.
Single - vs multi-streams dashboards
Multi-stream dashboards
Business Consultant at Netwise
Single-stream dashboards
Stream view vs tile view
When dealing with multi-streams, it’s important to note that the streams can be presented as tiles displaying the number of records or views along with a list of records. Depending on the specific data you wish to view, it is possible to seamlessly switch between these views (Switch to Stream/Tile View).
Visual filters
Filtering - global and timeframe filters
Advantages of interactive dashboards in Power Platform
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Fully configurable, easy to implement and adjust to your business needs without code:
This allows you to tailor the interactive experience to your specific requirements without the need for extensive coding, technical knowledge or effort. -
Security-role based access:
You can control the visibility of the interactive experience for selected roles, ensuring that sensitive information is only accessible to authorized individuals. -
Real-time data:
The interactive experience provides access to real-time data, allowing for up-to-date insights and analysis. -
Focus on detailed data:
Interactive experience dashboards enable a deep dive into detailed data, facilitating thorough analysis and understanding. Overall, employing interactive experience offers a versatile, user-friendly, and secure approach to delivering and managing information within your organization -
Wide spectrum of layouts:
A diverse range of dashboards and charts layouts is available. -
Possibility to move across environments using solutions:
Easy transition across different environments, providing flexibility and adaptability.
