Nov 13 2023 10:01 AM - edited Nov 15 2023 10:52 AM
Power BI can be an excellent tool to make your reporting more visual and based on your specific business needs. In Tailor Windows Update for Business reports with Power BI, I illustrate various ways to help you simplify device and update management. You can easily assess your organization's devices, monitor Windows update deployments, and turn those insights into action with service and device alerts – all in ways unique to your organization and strategy. To help you get started right away, I've put together a template and some step-by-step instructions.
Before getting started:
Note: To ensure that you download the right version of Power BI Desktop, check your system type by navigating to Start > System Information. |
Now, let's start creating powerful Windows Update for Business reports with Power BI.
I've included a Power BI template containing all the visuals from Tailor Windows Update for Business reports with Power BI to provide you with a starting point. The template does not contain any data. All the tables from Windows Update for Business reports are already added, and the relationships between tables are already defined.
Note: Use this template as is to load data and visualize your organization's data. We have split each visual to its own tab for ease of use and to enable learning. |
To ensure ease of use, each visual showcased in Tailor Windows Update for Business reports with Power BI is on an individual page.
You'll also find the following visuals on most pages to help build familiarity:
Interact with the different components on each page to familiarize yourself with the various customizations that Power BI has to offer.
The following steps allow you to start using the template and customize it to your needs.
Note: Make sure that the workspace ID is valid. |
Note: The template is coded to pull up to 90 days of data but would only retrieve the data that is available in that period. |
The tables will automatically load the most updated data from the workspace ID you added.
Note: The template is coded to pull up to 90 days of data but would only retrieve the data that is available in that period. |
Selecting anywhere on a visual will highlight all the customizations and settings across Data, Filters, and Visualizations tabs.
Learn more about different types of visualizations, filters, and slicers in official documentation:
Consult Create and use report templates in Power BI Desktop to learn more about templates.
Note: Any alterations made online will not automatically show in the Power BI Desktop version. To ensure seamless synchronization between both versions, work in Power BI Desktop and subsequently publish the reports to your workspace. The Refresh button, available in both the desktop and online versions, would update data to the latest timestamp. |
Consult Publish datasets and reports from Power BI Desktop to learn more about publishing datasets and reports along with republishing and replacing published datasets.
You might encounter unexpected outcomes when publishing your dataset and report from Power BI Desktop to the Power BI service. Learn more about troubleshooting guidance for some common problems: Troubleshoot Power BI Desktop publishing.
Now that you've replicated some of the capabilities shown in Tailor Windows Update for Business reports with Power BI, you're ready to make them your own. Sometimes you might need to play around with multiple fields until you build the right visual for the best impact. Just drag and drop different elements to find what you're looking for. If you're new to Power BI, learn how to Create and share your first Power BI report.
The Power BI journey looks different for everyone. The more you build familiarity, the deeper you can customize your reports. I hope this starter kit helps you and your organization with your unique monitoring, reporting, and compliance goals!
Nov 15 2023 07:35 AM
@Aakanksha_Saxena - this is great and really exciting to do more with the WufB Reporting data. Unfortunately I am unable to import the Template due to Sensitivity Label
Nov 15 2023 07:50 AM
Nov 15 2023 10:55 AM - edited Nov 15 2023 10:55 AM
Hi, thanks for the report example guidance; but is there any chance you can re-link the .pbit template without the Sensitivity Label as I'm restricted from opening it?
Nov 15 2023 11:05 AM
Nov 18 2023 12:49 AM
Dec 01 2023 12:00 AM
@Aakanksha_Saxena Hey i do not have data in tabs Win 11 - 1 - 5 and Win 10 - 1 - 3, Service deployments - 1 and 2 very strange. I need to wait more days for sync or template is wrong?
Feb 15 2024 07:46 AM
@Aakanksha_SaxenaAwesome work, great template. I wonder if you could do a version that's compatible with Azure Update Manager so we have the same great overview for Windows Servers as well?