This document provides an introduction to Power BI, a business intelligence tool for data visualization. It discusses how Power BI helps organizations make more data-driven decisions by combining business analytics, data mining, visualization and infrastructure. Key features of Power BI include rich dashboards, report publishing, no constraints on memory or speed, and no need for technical support. Power BI consists of desktop, service and mobile app components and allows users to connect to data, model and format it, create visualizations, and publish reports.
3. Business intelligence (BI)
combines business analytics, data mining, data
visualization, data tools and infrastructure, and
best practices to help organizations to make
more data-driven decisions.
4. Identify ways to increase profit
Analyze customer behavior
Compare data with competitors
Track performance
Optimize operations
Predict success
Spot market trends
Discover issues or problems
IMPORTANCE
OF BI
5. Self-service BI tools
incorporate intuitive user interfaces
that make working with data more
accessible
for those without technical expertise!!
10. It is a cloud-based,
business analytics service
for analyzing and visualizing data.
11. Why do we need Power BI?
The smart visual way
to understand your
business data.
12. Rich personalized dashboards
Publish reports securely
No memory and speed constraints
No specialized technical support required
Extracting business intelligence rapidly and accurately
19. vs
Power BI is built on the foundation of Microsoft
Excel
but it is far more powerful than its spreadsheet
counterpart.
20. POWER BI MS Excel
Cannot show duplicate table Can show duplicate table
Does allow dashboard
refreshment
Does not allow dashboard
refreshment
Offer High level of analytics Offer Simple analytics
They are easy to use and
learn
They are comparatively
difficult to learn
21. POWER BI MS Excel
Faster Processing with table, graph, and
filtering.
Speed for processing with table, graph, and
filtering is slow.
Sharing data and report is very flexible. Dataset and report are not so flexible.
A user can build up a customized
dashboard.
A user has limited features to build up
reports.
Power BI is an advanced version of the
analytics tool with a large number of
features to play with data.
Excel is your traditional spreadsheet
program with a very long history which
leads to a vast array of features.
22. how much data
what you do
| VOLUME | VELOCITY | VARIABILITY | VERACITY |
23. 1. Easy to use
2. 90+ different sources to choose data from
3. Cost-effective, inexpensive solutions available
4. Interactive visual dashboards
5. Easily accessible from anywhere
6. Data sharing and collaboration
7. Supports natural language search