Microsoft Power BI is one of the sought after tools in the Business Intelligence arena. As a bundled package through Office 365, it possesses a combination with Microsoft Excel using which its lets its developers model and analyse their data, along with many complex queries. Power View and Power Map are two stalwarts in this technology which allow the end users to have data visualization in Excel. Complementing Excel, it gives a prim chance to its users to undergo data analysis and visualization to have a deeper business insight in a secure and robust cloud environment.
Power BI lets its users talk to their data within the cloud and also extend the data to develop and implement self service solutions, which can then be a part of Microsoft’s cloud enhancing Big Data solutions.
Serving as a Self Service BI framework, Power BI gives independence and flexibility to the users, so that they do not have to depend on the IT department for access to any kind of information. Of course, the final authority to data access is always the IT section, but self designed reports can be accessed by the staff. Since Power BI forms a part of Office 365, it is accessible through add-ons and subscriptions.
Key Components
Salient Features of Power BI
- The highlight of Power BI is its Q & A tool – a tool that allows you to ask queries about the desired information in your natural language and replies readily. Data visualization is available which is based on search criteria and lets end users query their doubts to give the best possible visual effect.
- One of the most desired amalgamation of Microsoft Excel and the cloud
- HTML 5 support available for mobile devices and native applications
- Availability of data sets from external sources which could be online
- Enhanced quality and efficiency in the global healthcare segment
- Generation of varied analytics sharing and managing queries within its data sources
- On line report available with the required app
- Dashboards made available with attractive 3D visual effects
Microsoft Power BI possesses much more potential than what is portrayed here. It has to be tested and tried to get a real feel of its capabilities. No wonder, it is capturing the market attention in its domain area.
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