Glossary
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Access control
Audit log
Authorization
Card visual
Certified custom visual
Client reporting
Composite model
Conditional formatting
Container
Content view
Continuous variable
Correlation
Cross Filtering
Cross Highlighting
Custom visual
Dashboard
Data connector
Data intersections
Data refresh
Data source
Dataflow
Dataset
DAX, Data Analysis Expressions
Dimension
Dimension table
DirectQuery
Drill through
Embedded analytics
Explicit measures
Implicit measures
KPI
Lakehouse
License
Many to many relationship
Matrix visual
Metric
Microsoft Entra ID
Multi factor authentication, MFA
Object level security, OLS
On premises
OneLake
Paginated reports
Power BI
Power BI Embedded
Power Query
Qlik
Report distribution
Report governance
Role based access control, RBAC
Row level security, RLS
Scheduled refresh
Security group
Semantic layer
Semantic model
Single sign on, SSO
Snapshot
Table visual
Tenant settings
User permissions
Visual interaction
Visualizations pane
Warehouse
White label reporting
Workbook
Workspace
Workspace governance
X axis
Y axis
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