Microsoft Power BI Features
What are the features of Microsoft Power BI?
Reports
- Reports Interface
- Steps to Answer
- Graphs and Charts
- Score Cards
- Dashboards
Self Service
- Calculated Fields
- Data Column Filtering
- Data Discovery
- Search
- Collaboration / Workflow
- Automodeling
Advanced Analytics
- Predictive Analytics
- Data Visualization
- Big Data Services
Building Reports
- Data Transformation
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Reports
Reports Interface | Based on 823 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Reports interface for standard and self-service reports is intuitive and easy to use. | 89% (Based on 823 reviews) | |
Steps to Answer | Based on 765 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Requires a minimal number of steps/clicks to answer business question. | 84% (Based on 765 reviews) | |
Graphs and Charts | Based on 826 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers a variety of attractive graph and chart formats. | 91% (Based on 826 reviews) | |
Score Cards | Score cards visually track KPI's. This feature was mentioned in 482 Microsoft Power BI reviews. | 89% (Based on 482 reviews) | |
Dashboards | Based on 812 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides business users an interface to easily design, refine and collaborate on their dashboards | 91% (Based on 812 reviews) |
Self Service
Calculated Fields | Using formulas based on existing data elements, users can create and calculate new field values. This feature was mentioned in 685 Microsoft Power BI reviews. | 86% (Based on 685 reviews) | |
Data Column Filtering | As reported in 693 Microsoft Power BI reviews. Business users have the ability to filter data in a report based on predefined or automodeled parameters. | 89% (Based on 693 reviews) | |
Data Discovery | Based on 774 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Users can drill down and explore data to discover new insights. | 86% (Based on 774 reviews) | |
Search | As reported in 661 Microsoft Power BI reviews. Ability to search global data set to find and discover data. | 84% (Based on 661 reviews) | |
Collaboration / Workflow | Based on 749 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability for users to share data and reports they have built within the BI tool and outside the tool through other collaboration platforms. | 83% (Based on 749 reviews) | |
Automodeling | Based on 687 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Tool automatically suggests data types, schemas and hierarchies. | 82% (Based on 687 reviews) |
Advanced Analytics
Predictive Analytics | Based on 546 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Analyze current and historical trends to make predictions about future events. | 83% (Based on 546 reviews) | |
Data Visualization | Based on 812 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Communicate complex information clearly and effectively through advanced graphical techniques. | 92% (Based on 812 reviews) | |
Big Data Services | Based on 546 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to handle large, complex, and/or siloed data sets. | 84% (Based on 546 reviews) |
Building Reports
Data Transformation | Based on 484 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Converts data formats of source data into the format required for the reporting system without mistakes. | 88% (Based on 484 reviews) | |
Data Modeling | Based on 474 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to (re)structure data in a manner that allows extracting insights fast and accurate. | 87% (Based on 474 reviews) | |
WYSIWYG Report Design | Based on 409 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides business users an interface to easily design and refine their dashboards and reports. (What You See Is What You Get) | 85% (Based on 409 reviews) | |
Integration APIs | Based on 405 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications. | 85% (Based on 405 reviews) |
Data Preparation
Connectors | Based on 450 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to connect the analytics platform with a wide range of connector options for common data sources, including popular enterprise applications. | 89% (Based on 450 reviews) | |
Data Governance | Based on 441 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Connects to enterprise data governance software, or provides integrated data governance features to avoid misuse of data | 88% (Based on 441 reviews) |
Data Modeling and Blending
Data Querying | Based on 463 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Using formulas based on existing data elements, users can create and calculate new field values | 89% (Based on 463 reviews) | |
Data Filtering | Based on 475 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Business users have the ability to filter data in a report based on predefined or automodeled parameters. | 91% (Based on 475 reviews) | |
Data Blending | Based on 459 Microsoft Power BI reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows the user to combine data from multiple sources into a functioning dataset. | 87% (Based on 459 reviews) |
