Now that Power BI is Generally Available (GA) I thought it would be useful to do a quick analysis of how Power View visualizations are supported in Power BI across the three media – Silverlight (default), HTML5 and Windows 8 App Please find a table below for a quick reference
Feature | Silverlight | HTML5 | Windows 8 App |
Background Images |
Yes |
No |
No |
Images in Tiles |
Yes (but not from external sites) |
No |
No |
Background colors |
Yes |
No |
No |
Filters – charts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Filters – dashboard |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Maximize Charts |
Yes |
No |
No |
Sort charts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Line Charts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Bar Charts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Scatter Plots |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Cards |
Yes |
No |
No |
Table/Matrix |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Matrix with KPI |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Drill down on charts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Drill down on matrix |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Scatter Plot (static) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Scatter Plot (with play axis) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Tiles |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Maps |
Yes |
Yes
|
No |
Drill-through |
No |
No |
No |
It is easy to see that there is certain parity between features available in HTML5 and Windows 8 app. Also, I just wanted to make a few general observations about the performance. Generally speaking, the fastest chart rendering and drill down experience is available in the Windows 8 app. In most cases, HTML5 version seems to be doing a little better with refreshing charts however, I have found several instances where the Silverlight version of the dashboard ran order of magnitude faster than the HTML5 option. It seems like every week, more and more Silverlight-only features become available on the HTM5 version which seems to lend some support towards the “cloud first” software release strategy from Microsoft.
My PowerView map that works properly in Excel doesn’t render in browser when launched from a Power View Gallery in SharePoint 2013. The tabular data in the document renders fine by Excel Services in browser but the Map tab displays a message about unsupported features that cannot be shown in browser.(“shapes or other objects”). Any suggestions on how to resolve this and get the map to render? Thanks
Power Map is a desktop only feature right now… You can create a tour and share that with your end users