Sharing Power BI dashboards

Hey Martin,

I'd agree that this isn't specifically related to AX, but Power BI (especially in AX 7) is basically being included as part of the standard product. We as AX consultants are likely going to be come more familiar with dealing with Power BI and a lot of other pieces, as well.

I must disagree. It's not a part of Dynamics AX, it's a separate product communicating with Dynamics AX, with its own documentation etc. The same applies to Azure SQL, Office 365 etc.

It's important to understand the distinction, so people know where to look for answers. AX documentation covers only the integration piece, it has no desire to duplicate documentation of other products. The same approach makes sense in here as well, in my opinion.

It's great that "[you] as AX consultants are likely going to be come more familiar with dealing with Power BI" - Power BI forums, documentation and books will help you with that.

Moderators often suggest people to ask in another forum, if their question is about a different topic (e.g. SQL, WCF, SharePoint administration etc.), regardless that they need it for an AX implementation. If you need an advice, you have a better chance in a forum dedicated to the topic (WCF, Power BI...) rather than in a forum about something else (such as Dynamics AX).

Maybe it's just me, but I would expect more Power BI experts in Power BI forum, so I would ask there, rather than in a forum about Dynamics. Here I would ask about things related to integration of Power BI in Dynamics AX, but not questions that have nothing to do with AX. Asking in a forum about different topic decreases my chances to get a solution, so I rather go TFS forum to talk about TFS, to a Powershell forum to talk about Powershell etc.

I'm all right if we say that we accept such discussion here, but still doesn't look like the optimal strategy for those looking for answers.

That's exactly what I would do too. Go to a specialist PowerBi forum. But you and I are geeks! [:)] We know our way around the web and all the different forums. But we are not the typical DUG users.

A typical users only visits a few websites and trend to ask where they feel more comfortable doing it. I guess if you are a PowerBi novice, then asking in a forum stuffed with Experts can be a bit too much for some. Then better ask in a forum where everybody else are also just Dynamics users. [:)]

But still there would be cases where it's better to refer to a different forum. Just as if someone had a problem with SQL Server (asked in the technical forum) nobody here knew the answer to.