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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

1. Power BI seamlessly integrate with with Excel, Azure,powerApps,Dynamics 365, and other Microsoft products.

2. Power Bi has mobile apps access which are avilable in iOS, Android,and Windows devices, which enables the users to access the reports and dashboard.

3. It has a wide variety of data visualisation options like charts, slicers,graphs,maps which helping the users to make insightful data visuals which is easy to understand.

4. power Bi supports different data sources like excel,SQL server,SharePoint, which allows user to import, transform, and analyze data from any system.

5. Power Bi has a user friendly interface for the easy navigation to build reports and dashboards with drag drop functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

1. The free versions of Power Bi has several limitation while in the case of sharing and collaboration.

2.The DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) which is used to creating complex calculations in Power Bi need a deep learning curve for the new users.

3. The Power Bi heavily relies on it's cloud services for sharing and collaborations which poses a challenge for the organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

1. power Bi's user-friendlt interface, natural language query abd grag and drop functionality empowers the non-technical users to create the report and explore data without needing specialized Knowledeg. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft Power BI Overview

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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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

1. if one has M365 which includes PowerBI pro, then integration with other M365 applicaiton like, excel in one drive, sharepoint etc becomes very easy.

2. Easy to install

3. Compare to Tableau, which cost ~$1500/- for even using the application, we can use the PowerBI tool for free and if want to publish and share the dashboard then only we pay. This is specially helpful for beginners to learn the tool without shelling out money.

4. Best suited for daily analysis of the data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

1. if the dataset are large and complex relationships are developed, then the performance decreases.

2. Some visulization which are third party are expensive in PowerBI, quite frankly this should have been default visulization in PowerBI example : Radar Chart, Box plot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

1. The management gets to see the live performance of the metrics which makes the decision making easier, if we have comnnection to Azure, Datalake etc, then the refresh frequency can be increased in a day.

2. Easy to visulise the data, although DAX is slighlty complex, but if one masters it or able to take help of community forums one can accomplish in making dynamic charts which. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI has a flexible and easy-to-use platform, making it accessible to users of all experience levels.

It is super complete, it offers several features, but our favorite is the interactive dashboards, it is a key feature dashboards that summarize the most relevant data of our business, including metrics, KPI's, and other types of related information.

In addition, dashboards can be adapted to the company's style and allow you to add filters, search and other navigation elements that make it easier to analyze relevant information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

It does not integrate with network monitoring tools, having that integration would be wonderful to analyze network data without having to resort to other software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Thanks to Microsoft Power BI, with its interactive dashboards we can clearly and concisely visualize complex data, such as network performance data, spectrum usage and other relevant metrics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

This business analysis tool is a marvel, it can really cover any important task for which a professional person would be needed, it works in several areas and in all the performance is excellent, in this case I highlight the Marketing area because it has helped us to increase the number os customers.

Microsoft Power BI offers analytics and monitoring for online marketing campaigns, either email or social networks, this has allowed us to evaluate and make successful decisions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

I have nothing negative to comment on Power BI, all my comments are positive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are always analyzing data in real time, Microsoft Power BI generates reports and dashboards in real time, which allows us to see the most current information in the marketing area and work with what is trending. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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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?

This business intelligence tool is very valuable for our company, it transforms data into useful and profitable information in a visual, easy to understand and super accesible way.

Microsoft Power BI stands out for its incredible machine learning techniques, makes predictions and analyzes data accurately, this helps us to identify trends in sales data and identify the best market opportunities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

It requires a robust and reliable IT infrastructure to work at its best, this implies investments in hardware, software and maintenance personnel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We have increased efficiency by a large percentage, since Microsoft Power BI is responsible for creating and presenting the reports we need for decision making that govern the company, we really save a lot of time and work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Power BI?

This software allows us to visualize and explore data interactively, it offers different types of visualization (charts, graphs and tables) which allows us to better analyze any important information when making decisions for the company.

In addition, Microsoft Power BI allows you to export the data to different formats to save and share with anyone who needs the information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

It is necessary to have a team that is trained to master this software, as some users may be overwhelmed by the amount of data and may fail to interpret or use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We can analyze sales and energy consumption data in a more detailed way, this has made us increase productivity because it allows us to evaluate efficiency and detect areas that need to be improved. 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 excellent tool for analysing and visually data into very insightful dashboards and reports as well as those dashboards can show real-time data as per changes and requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Power BI?

Some of the dislikes about Microsoft Power BI is its advance and complex features like DAX queries as they require training to master them as well as the bigger problem can Power BI's free version as it doesn't allow that much features and charts for user to create reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Power BI helps in creating very insightful and immersive dashboards and reports of complex data which when used correctly gives alot of important information from the data hence directly helping in decision making resulting in good business strategies. 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.