Working with Q&A

Working with Q&A

Using Q&A to ask the database for information

When to use

When you want to query the data set using English.  (Or when you forgot to include a visual, you can tell your boss to just “ask the system”.)

Instructions

To use Q&A:

• Open a dashboard in PowerBI.com
• Click inside the box that says “Ask a question about your data”
• Type your question

Adding “English” or “Industry” terms to your data

• Go to Power BI Desktop
• Go to the Modeling tab > Q&A Setup > Synonyms
• Enter alternative terms for your data fields
• Save your project
• Re-publish to PowerBI.com

Hints & tips

• Known terms show up underlined in blue
• Unknown terms show up underlined in red
• Visuals generated by Q&A can be pinned to a dashboard by clicking the pin icon
• You can also add a Q&A visual in Power BI Desktop if you’d like one on your reports