A manufacturing company uses Internet of Things (IoT) devices to monitor the temperature in different parts of their warehouse. The current IoT monitoring software is extremely outdated and is not…

The correct answer is B. Streaming dataset. A Streaming dataset in Power BI is purpose-built for real-time and near-real-time data scenarios such as IoT telemetry. Data is pushed to Power BI via a REST API or Azure Stream Analytics and rendered on dashboard tiles continuously without requiring a manual or scheduled…

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A manufacturing company uses Internet of Things (IoT) devices to monitor the temperature in different parts of their warehouse. The current IoT monitoring software is extremely outdated and is not user friendly. You need to view near-real time information from the IoT devices in Power BI Service dashboards. Which tool should you use?

Options

AScheduled refresh dataset
BStreaming dataset
CContent Pack dataset
DPower BI dataflows
EQuick Insights

How the community answered

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A
2% (1)
B
74% (39)
C
13% (7)
D
4% (2)
E
8% (4)

Explanation

A Streaming dataset in Power BI is purpose-built for real-time and near-real-time data scenarios such as IoT telemetry. Data is pushed to Power BI via a REST API or Azure Stream Analytics and rendered on dashboard tiles continuously without requiring a manual or scheduled refresh. A Scheduled refresh dataset (A) only updates at fixed intervals, which is unsuitable for near-real-time monitoring. Content Pack datasets (C) are pre-packaged static bundles. Power BI dataflows (D) are an ETL and data preparation tool, not a real-time ingestion mechanism. Quick Insights (E) is an analytical feature that discovers patterns in already-loaded data, not a streaming data tool.

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