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Power BI, what is it and why use it

Power BI (Business Intelligence) is the new tool of Microsoft's productivity suite, Office 365.
With this tool, you will be able to analyze and interact with a lot of data at the same time within applications like Excel, using natural language and question-answer requests, you will be able to access the information.

Also, with power BI you will be able to search, transform and access data inside and outside the organization, from any place and device. You will also have the ability to analyze and create interactive visualizations.
The tool allows you to easily get insights from all your data from Excel for easy analysis and visualization.

Microsoft offers a solution that improves Excel

  • Power Query, allows users to easily search, access public information and your organization's data.
  • Power Map, a 3D visualization tool, with which you can analyze geographic and temporal data, superimposed on maps. In addition, scenes can be captured for presentations.
  • powerpivot, to create and adapt flexible data models in Excel.
  • power view, to create interactive charts, graphs, and other visual representations of data.

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Collaboration, search and mobility capabilities

power BI It complements SharePoint and offers us the ability to collaborate and provide access to information in a secure manner and in a trusted environment, providing:

  • Power BI sites, collaborative and dedicated BI workspaces for sharing data and information with other workers in the company. Power BI sites keep information fresh with connectivity to the various data sources in my organization.
  • Natural language query capabilities, which allows users to ask and answer. You only have to ask the question in a dialog box, the system interprets it and automatically generates interactive tables and graphs based on available information.
  • Mobile BI experience, touch applications ideal for smart devices based on Windows or IOS, so you can stay connected to your reports and data from anywhere, as well as support for HTML5 in the browser of any device.

Reasons Power BI is fun

These points are not a list from best to worst, since some depend on others:

  • Power BI is an excellent tool from Microsoft. Proof of this are the more than 200 countries using it, which makes a total of more than 200,000 organizations.
  • Being designed and developed for the end user, one might think that it would lose functionality in demanding environments, however, thanks to the use of M or DAX, it allows a minimum training enables the user not to depend on the IT department to manage and/or prepare reports. As we said before, it extends the functions of Excel, making it the first multidimensional database viewer.
  • Power BI has a tremendous ability to connect to big data sources since it has a large number of connectors and increasing month by month to be able to access the main services.
  • In addition to the advantages that Power BI offers, we also have that its desktop platform it costs nothing, which will be sufficient for most users and organizations, making it ideal for SMBs
  • One of the factors that makes this software so good is its commitment to updates, since they update and improve their solution every month with new connectors, graphics, functionalities...
  • The ability to share and work as a team both in the creation and in the preparation of reports at any level.
  • Power BI is multifaceted and easy to use, easy to share and collaborate. With it, the possibilities to expand are almost limitless.

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Advantages of Power BI

  • Cost savings and improved services in creating reports and sharing them with clients
  • Reports for our staff with clear and comparative graphs.
  • Reports for partners, partners, investors, agencies, etc.
  • In real time.
  • Possibilities only limited to the user's imagination.

In short, this tool can be summarized in a short learning cycle, with great potential and at low cost.

If you are considering a solution Business intelligence, Microsoft's is a tool to take into account and that you should consider.

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