# Report Creation and Publishing

This section covers essential steps in creating and publishing reports in Power BI.

# Creating a Basic Report using Power BI

Drag a field to the canvas to start a new visualization to create a simple report, or drag fields to an existing visualization. Ticking the check box next to the field automatically adds that field to the active visualization.

Select a different visualization type from the Visualization pane and use the Filter pane to view, set, and modify persistent filters to the reports.

Power BI: Simple Report Creation

Power BI: Simple Report Creation

# Publishing a Report to Power BI

To allow others within your organization to view the report, you must publish it to your Power BI account in the cloud. This guide will walk you through the steps to publish a report to Power BI.

  1. In the Home tab, under the Share ribbon, click Publish.

    A pop-up message will appear, prompting you to save the report. Click Save.

    Power BI: Publishing a Report

    Power BI: Publishing a Report

  2. Enter the desired name for the report, then click Save.

    Power BI: Saving a Report

    Power BI: Saving a Report

  3. Select My workspace as the destination for the report to be published.

    Power BI: Publish to Power BI

    Power BI: Publish to Power BI

  4. Your report has now been published but is disconnected from the gateway.

    Power BI: Published Report Disconnected

    Power BI: Published Report Disconnected

    If you open the dataset settings, you will be directed to Power BI on the web, where you can select an existing gateway and cloud connections.

    Power BI: Dataset Settings

    Power BI: Dataset Setiings

    If the gateway and cloud connections have not been created, choose to open the report file. This will direct you to Power BI on the web, where the report will appear blank with a message above stating: No gateway selected to access the data source openit.

    Power BI: Publish to Power BI

    Power BI: Publish to Power BI

    You must set up and configure your data gateway. Follow the instructions on Configuring On-premises Data Gateway

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