Introduction

Power BI (power business intelligence) is a collection of software services, applications, and connectors that work together to transform relevant data sources into coherent, visually realistic, interactive insights. Whether the user's data is a simple Excel spreadsheet or a collection based on cloud and local hybrid data warehouses, Power BI allows users to easily connect to data sources, visually see (or discover) important content, and share it with anyone they want.

Power BI is simple and fast, capable of creating quick insights from Excel spreadsheets or local databases. At the same time, Power BI can also perform rich modeling, real-time analysis, and custom development. Therefore, it is not only a personal report and visualization tool for users, but also serves as an analysis and decision-making engine behind group projects, departments, or the entire enterprise.

Use to

Power BI is a set of business analysis tools used to provide insights within an organization. It can connect hundreds of data sources, simplify data preparation, and provide real-time analysis. Generate reports and publish them for use by organizations on the web and mobile devices. Users can create personalized dashboards to gain comprehensive and unique insights into their business. Implement scalability, built-in management, and security within the enterprise.

PowerBI is a cloud based business data analysis and sharing tool that can transform complex data into concise views. Through it, you can create visual interactive reports that can be viewed at any time using a mobile app even when you are away.

Value characteristics

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Connect to any data

Feel free to browse data (whether it is in the cloud or locally), including big data sources such as Hadoop and Spark. The Power BI Desktop connects hundreds or thousands of data sources and continues to grow, allowing users to gain in-depth insights into various situations.

Prepare data and model

Preparing data can take up a lot of time. If you use Power BI Desktop data modeling, this will not be the case. With Power BI Desktop, data from multiple data sources can be cleaned, transformed, and merged with just a few clicks. Save a few hours in a day.

Provide advanced analysis with familiarity with Excel

Enterprise users can use Power BI's fast measurement, grouping, prediction, and clustering functions to mine data and identify patterns they may miss. Advanced users can fully control their models using the powerful DAX formula language. If you are familiar with Excel, then using Power BI is not difficult.

Create interactive reports for the enterprise

Create reports using interactive data visualization effects. Use the drag and drop canvas provided by Microsoft and partners, as well as over 85 new data visual objects (or create your own visual objects using the Power BI open source custom visual object framework) to tell the data story. Design reports using theme, formatting, and layout tools

Create anytime, anywhere

Provide visual analysis to users in need. Create mobile optimization reports for viewers to view anytime, anywhere. Publish from Power BI Desktop to cloud or local. Embed reports created in Power BI Desktop into existing applications or websites.

Interface functions

Power BI includes Windows desktop applications (called Power BIDesktop), online SaaS (Software as a Service) services (called Power BI services), and mobile Power BI applications (available on Windows phones and tablets, as well as iOS and Android devices).

These three elements - Desktop, Services, and Mobility - aim to enable users to create, share, and use business insights in the most effective way possible.