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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Power BI is a robust visualization tool powered by Microsoft allow users to perform the live and custom dashboard. It is primarily designed to be compatible with wide range of data domain and thus allow import of data from multiple product and gain valuable insights. It promotes work from anywhere ecosystem and allow users to access to the data from anywhere by logging through the credential. It also proivides a pilot version of this product which allow users to have a basic understanding about this product before switching to the paid version of this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

It's complex user interface might require an additional training processes or module especially for the new users to decrease the dependency on IT experts for its usage. It also does not provide any integration with AI & Machine Learning technology which does not provide any predictive analysis to the users and require major manual intervention. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps us to create a live and custom dashboards and represent our working/insights conviniently among stakeholders. It is also smart enough to provide the basic result of analysis automatically and hide the normal datasets and allow users to completely focus on intense data while working. Being a Microsoft product, it provide a wide range of integration feature with third-party software other than Microsoft for data mining and visualization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What is Microsoft Power BI?

Power BI Desktop puts visual analytics at your fingertips. With this powerful authoring tool, you can create interactive data visualizations and reports. Connect, mash up, model, and visualize your data. Place visuals exactly where you want them, analyze and explore your data, and share content with others by publishing to the Power BI web service. Power BI Desktop is part of the Power BI product suite. To monitor key data and share dashboards and reports, use the Power BI web service. To view and interact with your data on any mobile device, get the Power BI Mobile app on the AppStore, Google Play or the Microsoft Store. To embed stunning, fully interactive reports and visuals into your applications use Power BI Embedded.

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Power BI Desktop is part of the Power BI product suite. Use Power BI Desktop to create and distribute BI content. To monitor key data and share dashboards and reports, use the Power BI web service. To view and interact with your data on any mobile device, get the Power BI Mobile app on the AppStore, Google Play or the Microsoft Store. To embed stunning, fully interactive reports and visuals into your applications use Power BI Embedded


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5.0 out of 5
"Awesome tool for data analysis"
The capbility to take data in several formats and present it through measument calculations in order to show specific relations between all data.
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"Is very good platform for display important information"
Is much better than go to the programming and databases than in the past with programming in a computer language, is very intuitive for use. Have g...
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Power BI has a user friendly interface and it supports data visualization, data modeling, creating report/dashboard in an easy and quicker way. Mor...
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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Best about Power BI is that it provides a very user friendly and beginner friendly interface to all the users.

It is used to integrate several Databases such as CSV, Excel or Online Databases such as MSSQL and others.

It supports large number of databases and have an inbuilt power query editor which can do data transformation between PowerBI only, no need of external software.

It have a very vast customer support team as its a product of Microsoft and they serve their customers the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

Its typical to type code in DAX language, as its typical to learn DAX because first we need to learn that DAX language then we can write measures.

So anyone could access power bi dashboard directly but cannot create dashboards directly as you need to have knowledge about coding and DAX language with strong logic building skills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

Power BI is solving all visualization alalytics problem for our organisation as we work for a Analytics service providing company which serves visually appealing interactive dashboards to the foreign clients.

It keeps us away from hectic pivot tables of excel and makes our report visually appealing and clean, which is easier to be read by anyone who is also non technical field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Most helpful features for a new user like me is a user-friendly interface, ease of intergration with Excel and other SQL databases which allows for real-time data access, custom visualization and more. Upsides of using Power BI would be its integration with other Microsoft Products - I have Copilot work and can use this with Power BI with is powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

The downsides to Power BI I have found is the confusion on how to get started, cost for advanced features, and there can be a learning curve to use the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am overall using Microsoft Power BI to analyze my excel data of our client AR history YTD. I am transforming the data to present in a table format the statement of a client to show their overall payment history and exaclty how a payment was applied. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI is the best system for your company to quickly obtain digital graphs of all your work processes and activities.

Microsoft Power BI is implemented quickly and efficiently, your team can adopt all its functions without any problems and get the best results in a short time.

In addition, Microsoft Power BI is offered for a great market value, it is an accessible and cost-effective system, which makes it much more attractive and affordable for your business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

I can't point out any negative points about the functions of this system, it responds very well to my requirements and does not present any kind of problem in its operation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a user of Microsoft Power BI I can quickly solve any problem related to the commercial graphs of all my operations, its innovative and interactive digital functions make my work much more effective, fast and professional. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Power BI is an indispensable tool in our company, it is able to collect data randomly from different sources, analyze them and make coherent and organized reports.

In addition to being self-sufficient when performing the analysis, it details the information in a visually attractive way, which makes it super easy to understand, anyone with a basic knowledge of computer science is able to read the analysis generated by Power BI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

We have no negative expriences, this tool is indispensable for our company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have complete, organized and detailed data information regardless of the origin of each one, Power BI is responsible for collecting all the data, allowing us to focus on other tasks so that our team can work faster and more effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI is a capable work visualization system that facilitates the analysis and graphing of all your work processes.

Microsoft Power BI is perfect to complement your employee analysis, providing the most advanced digital resources to visualize all your data.

In addition, Microsoft Power BI offers a fast and interactive registration process, its systems integrate quickly to your devices and allows you to graph your work on the devices of your choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

Currently I can't say anything bad about Microsoft Power BI services, it is of great business utility and offers the best technical performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

Microsoft Power BI is best in class for digital data visualization, in my company we are much more accurate and productive with the use of its features, improving our brand and bottom line results of all our business operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Power BI has a user friendly interface and it supports data visualization, data modeling, creating report/dashboard in an easy and quicker way. Moreover it also has Import and Direct Query storage mode which helps in data refreshing immediately or as required. it is easy to implement for organization that are already using Microsoft products. PowerBI has great and vast online resource, documentation, community site & support which makes it an easy tool to learn. It is easy to integrate with other products like databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

I feel Tableau has more features when it comes to visulization. Its pricing tier could get confusing at time (pro,premium). Although it has data import option (Get Data) in both PowerBI Desktop and PowerBI Service, which is great for getting data from different sources but it only helps in getting data from Microsoft products majorly. Organization that do not use Microsoft products much often won't have that much frequency of use of powerBI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

Firstly in Power BI, we can easily get, analyze data from different sources which eradicates the process of doing to each product and getting the data. Just by using 'GET DATA' option in Power BI, we can easily access the dataset. Also, Power BI has advanced visual features which makes complex data easy to understand and summarise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI is the best in digital visualization systems, with the use of its functions your company will be able to achieve all its operational objectives.

Microsoft Power BI integrates effectively with the most advanced artificial intelligence functions, increasing your efficiency and business performance.

In addition, Microsoft Power BI allows you to digitally authorize the most professional analysis and graphics for your business, facilitating all your technical work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI has no bugs or problems with its features, it is an advanced system that improves the technical operations of all types of organizations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

The technical activities of my business are analyzed and graphed with the modern functions of Microsoft Power BI, we have managed to improve the effectiveness and productivity of all our technical activities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

For anyone already used to the Microsoft ecosystem, PowerBI delivers a combination of a user-friendly interface and powerful analytics.

- It's easy to use: the drag-and-drop interface makes building reports intuitive;

- It has advanced capabilities: more advanced users can take advantage of DAX, M, and custom visuals for complex analysis;

- Most tools in the market already have an integration option with PWBI, besides, as it is part of the Microsoft family, Power BI integrates smoothly with Excel, Azure, and others. This makes it easy to transition between tools and leverage existing workflows, especially for businesses using the Microsoft suite.

- There's extensive documentation, training options, and a community around the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

Although the tool itself is user-friendly, there is a learning curve for advanced features (e.g.: DAX, power query, data modeling) which can be challenging if you don't follow a more structured training.

Besides, PWBI can struggle with very large datasets. Being an experienced user is required in this case, otherwise one can perish. Optimizing performance requires careful attention to data modeling, query efficiency, and often, compromises in visual complexity.

Version control and collaboration are not a thing. I don't see it as an option for multiple people making changes in the same report. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

Real-time updates in Power BI reports, bringing relevant information available to managers and cross-company.

We also use it to help our stakeholders understand in which step of a process their units are. The logics we can create with dax functions are a must for this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI is a reliable digital processing and analysis system with which you can digitally graph all your work processes and activities, facilitating the visualization of all your work progress.

In addition, Microsoft Power BI allows you to automatically record the performance of your digital processes and share within a secure environment all your work processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

I like the way Microsoft Power BI digital resources and systems work, I feel very much using its functions, I recommend it for all types of business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

Microsoft Power BI is the digital system that allowed my company to create an organized and digitized work structure using its mechanisms and process visualization systems, improving the effectiveness of all our work operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Power BI makes creating reports and dashboards easy. We use it to analyze data from different sources and turn it into meaningful insights for decision-making and reporting purposes. Its easy integration with tools like PowerApps allows us to build complete workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

The interface can be overwhelming for first-time users, especially if they lack data tool experience. The performance can sometimes slow down when working with very large datasets. Setting up more advanced features requires a bit of a learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Power BI solving and how is that benefiting you?

Power BI helps us gather data from multiple sources into one place for reporting and analysis. For instance, we’ve used it to monitor solar sites trends and identify areas where we’re underperforming and if the site requires maintenance or not aslo by integrating Power BI with Logic Apps, we’ve also automated alerts for critical KPIs. This has improved our reporting processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.