POWER BI

Overview

Power BI is the Business Intelligence tool of Office 365.. It is an optimisation tool as it takes advantage of the available data and organises it into graphs and tables according to the desired variables.

In this way, the user can focus on specific data and can dispense with what is not needed to perform a certain task.

It allows the entire company to be integrated into a single panel.
Get interactive reports.
Available in three different national clouds.
Allows all data to be linked for analysis.

Create and design reports with Power BI

How to integrate Power BI with Business Central and Dynamics 365

Advantages

This tool has great potential utilities that, together with an easy and intuitive use, offer a wide variety of opportunities and options to the user.

Power BI is made up of a group of applications that allow you to analyse data and share information.

It allows a huge amount of data to be analysed and interacted with.
The information gathering process is carried out through a natural language and a question-answer system.
It offers great ease in search tasks.
Create and analyse eye-catching interactive visualisations.
Get useful information from your data.
It is complemented by other tools such as SharePoint.
Ease of sharing reports.
Constantly updated.

Implementation

We implement Power BI in the Microsoft cloud:

Very attractive visual reports that are constantly updated without the need to write any code.
Easy to use: it is possible to explore the data in the reports by working on a free drawing canvas.
Possibility to create data models through formulas and relationships.
It is possible to include audiovisual elements in the application.
Save costs with Microsoft Azure services: pay only for what you use.
Customise data visualisations.
It speeds up amortisation time.
Available on any type of device.
Power BI desktop configuration also available.

Power BI Desktop

Desktop editing allows you to perform a deep visual analysis with an intuitive report creation fully customisable.

Data shaping and modelling functions: saves time and effort in selecting data for the report.
Great visual impact on the infromes.
Highlight the data you consider.
It is a comprehensive solution for data analysis.
Connect, visualise and share data in simple functions.
Produce and share highly visual and intuitive reports.
From any location and any device.

Power BI Mobile

Power BI for mobile devices allows through one application stay connected from anywhere.

It is possible to view dashboards and reports from anywhere and interact with the data through a touch experience. Mobile notifications can be authorised so that you are always aware of the latest news and changes and can react on the spot. Information can also be shared from mobile devices.

It is available for:

Windows.
iOS
Android.

Developments

Power BI has undergone a large number of updates that have been renewing its functionalities. This is due to the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and its incorporation into business apps.

The main new features of the latest update are as follows:

Preliminary version of a new filter panel in reports.
Improvements in the functionality of the analyses. For example, improvements in the R and Python script editor.
Data connectivity: Microsoft Graph Security, Guidanz' BI Connector for OBIEE, MarkLogic, Kronos Workforce Dimensions, SurveyMonkey, Qubole Presto, Quick Base and Sagra Emigo.

Integration

Power BI integrates natively with tools such as Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) or Dynamics 365 (CRM). Integration with NAV 2017 and Dynamics 365 is so simple that no additional connectors are required. Among the benefits are the following:

It allows users to create their own dashboards.
Configuration of NAV and CRM panels.
Each user, depending on his or her role, can access certain reports.
Integration with Outlook.