Power BITurn data into live reports everyone can read
Build a data-driven culture with business intelligence for everyone! Bring governed data, trusted measures and interactive insight together in a single enterprise decision layer so all your teams can decide faster and with confidence.
Power BI is a business intelligence and data visualisation tool developed by Microsoft. It gathers raw data from different sources and turns it into meaningful, interactive reports, enabling companies to analyse their data and make fast, accurate decisions.
Core components
- Power BI Desktop: the free desktop program for connecting, cleaning and modelling data and designing reports.
- Power BI Service: the web platform where reports are shared in the cloud and teams collaborate.
- Power BI Mobile: the mobile app for reviewing reports on a phone or tablet.
Strengths and features
- Multiple data sources: can take data from Excel, SQL Server, Azure, Oracle, the web and many more.
- Big data support: compresses and processes datasets of millions of rows far faster than Excel.
- Live reports: refreshes data automatically and delivers up-to-the-moment results.
- Microsoft integration: reports can be shared easily with applications such as Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint and Excel.
Interactive dashboards
Sales, inventory and operations data meet on one dashboard; filtering and drilling down takes a single click.
Sharing and permissions
Reports are shared by team and role; with row-level security, everyone sees only their own data.
Ready-made data connectors
ERP, CRM, Excel and cloud services connect through ready-made connectors; the data model lives in one place.
Ask in natural language
Type your question to Copilot; the answer arrives with a visual, and it drafts the report for you.
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