Glossary

The words below turn up in the files DASH:Gen produces: an HTML dashboard, a Power BI project or an Apache Superset bundle. Each entry says what the term means in general and where it appears in a generated file.

• Cross-filtering

  Cross-filtering means a click on one chart filters every other chart on the page. Here is how it works inside a generated HTML dashboard file.

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• DAX measure

  A DAX measure is a named calculation in a Power BI model, evaluated in whatever filter context a visual gives it. Here is what a generated project contains.

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• Fiscal year start

  A fiscal year that starts in a month other than January shifts every year and quarter in a report. Here is how a generated Power BI calendar handles it.

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• Handlebars chart template

  A Handlebars chart template draws a chart as markup from the query result. Here is where DASH:Gen uses them, and what a stock Apache Superset needs first.

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• KPI tile

  A KPI tile shows one number, such as total revenue or order count, large and alone, so it is read before any chart. Here is how generated dashboards use them.

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• Power BI project (.pbip)

  A .pbip is Power BI Desktop's project format: the model and report stored as text files in a folder. It is what DASH:Gen generates instead of a .pbix.

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• Star schema

  A star schema is one fact table of events surrounded by dimension tables that describe them. Here is how a Power BI model built from several files becomes one.

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• Apache Superset import bundle

  An Apache Superset import bundle is the ZIP Superset writes when you export a dashboard: connection, dataset, charts and layout. DASH:Gen writes the same ZIP.

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