Microsoft Power BI is similar to Excel, but the analytics are more powerful. Businesses use Power BI to make decisions based on real-time data. If you understand how Excel works, you can quickly learn how to use Power BI. Here is a look at this technology-driven tool.
An app is a collection of reports, datasets or dashboards. App also refers to a mobile application, such as the Power BI mobile app.
You can only create dashboards with the Power BI service, not the desktop version. The one-page dashboard is also called a canvas and provides multiple graphs to tell a story of what you are measuring.
These terms are used interchangeably, although they have slightly different meanings. A dataset is data used to create a report. A model is data that has a relationship between tables in multiple data sources. Once you make a relationship, the information is ready to use in Microsoft Power BI.
A report shows multiple visualizations of a single dataset. You can see different insights on one page or multiple pages.
A workspace is a place to collaborate with team members to create reports and dashboards. There is also a workspace called My Workspace, which is your personal space. You cannot collaborate in that workspace.
Power BI has several products in its portfolio. Each product plays a role in transferring data into usable formats to make intelligent business decisions.
Use this free software to author reports. You can download it onto your computer and transform data into visualizations following these steps:
This is a cloud-based SaaS service where you can share the reports created with Microsoft Power BI Desktop. Mobile and cloud users can interact with the reports and edit them if they have the proper permissions.
The gateway connects to the data sources. The connection enables the data to refresh continuously.
Some companies need to keep their data and reports onsite. Power BI Report Server is a web portal where a company can display its KPIs and reports.
Download Power BI mobile apps for your smartphone or tablet to view real-time reports. You can create and share reports and set up notifications.
Several components of Power BI enable users to create and share insights with people. You can also use these components within Excel to generate the analytics directly in the spreadsheet.
Create data models with Power Pivot. You can establish relationships and create calculations.
Combine and transform data from multiple sources. You can use this in Microsoft Power BI or as an Excel add-on.
This 3D visualization tool enables you to plot more than a million rows of data using Bing. If you have longitude and latitude fields in your data, fill in those fields to provide better visualization.
Connect data sources and filter for each report. You can create interactive charts and graphs.
After you create a data model and put it into Power BI, you can ask questions in natural language. You can get business questions answered quickly by asking in your own words.
Power BI is very popular with businesses. In addition to integrating with several Microsoft Office 365 products, including Project, here are other reasons why it's a tool of choice.
Reports and graphs refresh when an updated dataset is available. Dashboards also update in real time.
Integration with Azure helps examine patterns and insights in datasets. Using Power BI with Azure enables you to use and share enormous amounts of data. Use Azure Data Systems to create apps with built-in artificial intelligence capabilities.
Easily customize Microsoft Power BI to work for your business. Use the custom visualization library to change dashboards. Personalize the interface and customize security features and navigation.
The reports in Power BI are visually appealing. However, if you want to change how they look, you can easily drag and drop to copy formatting across visualizations. The interface is easy to use and understand and is based on Microsoft Office 365.
With Power BI, you can pull in multiple sources of data. An Azure data lake enables you to process massive amounts of data faster.
If you are familiar with Office 365, you can easily connect Excel reports and data models to Power BI. You can also share Excel data through Power BI.
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