Microsoft Power BI Reviews

Good and improving

Comments: As an analyst, I appreciate the versatility of Power BI, but feel that more improvement for use cases needed

Pros:

It is a combination of all you need: visuals, analysis, data cleansing in one place, which has lots of native connectors.

Cons:

Power BI is not the most efficient tool in terms of operatinal memory, and it lacks some features which you would expect it to have.

Best data analytics and visualization platform

Pros:

Data processing speed and rich functionality covering any possible reporting request. Desktop version is free.

Cons:

Since Power BI is a part of Microsoft suite it might be a bit hard to integrate Power BI with different platform.

Creating and Using PowerBI Reports Daily

Pros:

It is easy to link with existing datasets in the Microsoft ecosystem and external databases such as SQL servers. Reports can be customized to display information however you want to.

Cons:

it can be very confusing and difficult to have everything displayed correctly. there are bugs that can cause the dataset tables to not show information accurately

Best analytics tool for data transformation and informed decision making

Comments: It has been a good experience using Power BI as it allows me to collect all the scattered data on various other platforms and visualize it at a single place.

Pros:

It is one of the best analytics tool and the cloud storage enhances its ease of use. Also it is easy to collaborate on reports and other stuff.

Cons:

There is no bottlenecks in the tool but sometimes it slows down a bit when handling very large datasets.

Excellent tool

Comments: Excellent experience with the tool as I use it daily for my performance review.

Pros:

Th ease of use and the various features of the tool.

Cons:

The tool is difficult to navigate for first time users.

My Experience with Microsoft Power BI

Pros:

Its an easy to use tool that allows you to analyze data like a pro. The tool has many features and capability such as statistical analysis, data cleaning, reporting and data visualization. It offers seamless integration with Microsoft ecosystem.

Cons:

There is nothing that was so odd with the tool.

A professional business intelligence tool

Comments: I use it primarily for developing dasboards and the whole experience is great from creating the dashboard to publishing it in workspaces everything is seamless

Pros:

Very easy to connect to a wide variety of datasources such as sharepoint List,SQL Databses and excel files . The data transform option supports a wide variety of data manipulation and data cleaning options which makes data modelling very easy It supports a lot of inbuilt visualization graphs and figures with an easy drag and drop functionality.

Cons:

Only the data loading while working on large datasets takes a lot of time if that can be improved a really great tool

Benefits of Microsoft Power BI

Comments: Overall very pleased with this product. It allows us to customize our own reports and dashboards without the need for costly ERP consultants.

Pros:

The ability to create impressive looking dashboards and reports on our own.

Cons:

Somewhat complicated to attach it to a database.

My Power BI Experience

Pros:

It is a good visualization tool for creating interactive dashboards

Cons:

It sometimes does not update in real-time

Best for organizations that don't mind spending on pro license

Pros:

Very advanced features. Does everything Tableau does and more.

Cons:

DAX. Did not need a custom language just for PBI.

Microsoft Power BI: Your Data's Storyteller

Comments: I have been using Bower BI with more than four years now and It is one of the best data visualisation tool that I have came across. You can do all kind of data analysis in Power BI like Like data presentation, analysis, forecast etc. I find it easy to learn and very interactive for a user.

Pros:

1. User-friendly interface: Its intuitive design makes it accessible to users with varying technical expertise. 2. Interactive visualizations: Creates engaging and interactive dashboards and reports. 3. Customizable reports: Enables users to tailor reports to their specific needs.

Cons:

Dependency on Microsoft ecosystem: Relies heavily on Microsoft products and services.

Ease of use and great on-boarding experience

Comments: I am a supply chain analyst. I use the product daily for reporting and ad-hoc analysis. I often confronted to massive data base and multiple data source. PBI empowers me to build complex data model and produce sharps dashboard for others user in my organisation.

Pros:

I really like the profusion of learning media for PBI (webinar, forum, microsoft learning experience and LinkedIn Learning). You can learn at your pace. Quickstarting is easy. Becoming proficient require a bit more patience but is relatively easy for people using other microsoft tools (Excel). I like that the product is deployed in many company. The competencies are transferable. I like the well defined working environnement (Query -> BI -> Viz) and the provided editor that are really enabling for people like me that are not developper by trade. Automation of import, analysis and viz is also a real game changer for people that were dependant on Excel before.

Cons:

I dislike the lack of userfriendly info for more complex developpement. I feel not guided enough regarding more technical information regarding the product.

MSBI is master of businiess intelligence

Comments: There is plenty of documentation available online from creating visuals to advance functions using measures and It is easy enough for a non-developer to use and turn a mess of data into an intelligent and understandable story.

Pros:

Microsoft Power BI is a wonderful cloud-based business intelligence tool that helps us to visualize data from multiple sources. As per my view, it turns ugly numbers into amazing reports and visualizations and it doesn't require any prior high programming or technical knowledge.

Cons:

We may experience some performance degrade when we work are working with big dataset. No. of data refresh is limited per day!

Robust tool, with a steep learning curve

Comments: There is a pretty steep learning curve to set up a robust dashboard, but if you stick with it the insights can be very helpful. For the price, it has been worth the effort and our team gets regular use and value from the many dashboard pages we have in place.

Pros:

With the right data backing it, the dashboards can be adjusted and augmented quickly, sometimes right in the browser, to glean new insights.

Cons:

When manipulating data, the language and structures needed are clunky and proprietary. For example, to display a date in a new format conditionally, a new measure needs to be built, written with functions and syntax specific to Power Bi.

Our trusty BI tool for all-things data

Comments: I've been a huge fan of Power BI since we switched to it from Excel. We use it to create dashboards, set up automated reports, and anything else that requires reporting. In the years that I've used it, I've very rarely ran into bugs or performance issues. It's relatively easy to set up, has very advanced reporting capabilities, and tons of integrations you can set up pretty easily to pull data from different places. You can't fault it for BI.

Pros:

We used to use Excel but switched over to Power BI for the more advanced features. And they've been very very handy for us. The data cleaning works a lot better, there's tons more cutomization options, and some integrations have been made much easier compared to just Excel.

Cons:

The imterface isn't the best to be honest, especially compared to stuff like Tableu. But gets the job done nonetheless.

Microsoft Power BI provides the interactive visualizations and reports which helps the administration to make a better decision.

Comments: We use Power BI as an excellent tool to analyze the data and create visualization/reports. It helps the business decisions.

Pros:

Ease to creating visualizations; excellent integration with other Microsoft applications and Google sheets. Support document is effective and easy to get.

Cons:

The use of AI in the visualizations and reports need to be improved.

Powerful analytics with an intuitive user interface (UI) and outstanding data visualization features

Comments: In one convenient spot, Power BI gives me excellent access to all the data sources and data sets I generate when creating the reports. I have various devices at my disposal to access the data at any time, anyplace. By using easy clicks, users may highlight features, apply filters, and interact with the dashboards.

Pros:

Power BI enables users to work together and share dashboards and data with other people. Reports and dashboards can be shared by email, social media, and web publishing, among other methods available to users. To ensure that sensitive data is protected, Power BI contains robust security features. In addition to controlling access to data, reports, and dashboards, users can create rules for preventing data loss.

Cons:

Data that Power BI can ingest is limited in size. The free version must be extended to the paid version if I want to import data bigger than 2GB. It can also crash while processing huge datasets with complicated measurements, which makes using Power BI stressful at times.

One of the best tools available for reporting Live Data

Pros:

Being able to look at everything I need at a quick glance.

Cons:

The numbers shown are highly sensitive to errors and the raw data must be uploaded carefully to ensure there won't be issues with the reports

Good for Charting and Dashboards

Comments: Good, I enjoy using Power BI, it works well, especially for the price of the application

Pros:

It's a strong product, it's easy to get started, and pull in data from Excel and SQL DB's (especially Microsoft SQL server)

Cons:

The pricing structure and licensing understanding is a bit tough to get your head around.

Power BI used at a pharmacy

Comments: It is simple to use at the pharmacy and gives us a clear picture of how the store is doing. Since we are only looking at data, it is very practical.

Pros:

The ease of use allows for daily access of the stores information. It give us the opportunity to compare numbers to the previous year and see any trends

Cons:

The charts created can be easier to read. The x and y axis aren’t usually labeled so if we are looking at the chart without knowing what info it is charting it can be confusing

Microsoft Power BI from a SharePoint Dev

Comments: The steepest slope to climb was formula syntax. It was a lot of testing in excel and trying to convert to Power BI. Luckily the forums are helpful, and most formulas are already available to copy and paste from the forums too.

Pros:

I enjoyed the natural availability of Microsoft Power BI within SharePoint lists. It made quick dashboards and quick visuals easy, without having to navigate between different programs, I could just do it all in the same browser window.

Cons:

The licensing and sharing was confusing and frustrating to begin with, but I guess any product has to make money somehow. We can't get everything for free.

Insights you can trust.

Comments: Microsoft Power BI always shows prowess in business data analytics and this has enabled us to achieve a better understanding of our business operations. With the insights we get from Microsoft Power BI, we are able to make informed decisions, plan and do forecasts to prepare ourselves for situations deemed to happen before they do.

Pros:

In data analytics, the insights are only important if one can understand them and for that i like how Microsoft Power BI offers easy to understand data visualization tools which makes it easy to read and understand the insights about the business. It allows easy creation of reports which we use to demonstrate how our business is performing as well as understanding areas in our business which needs improvement. The data analysis tools uses AI and drag and drop technology which makes it easy for anyone to use it for the analysis.

Cons:

Nothing at all from me. Using Microsoft Power BI has been so simple and it has very responsive features.

Power BI boasts an intuitive and user-friendly interface, making it accessible to users with varying levels of technical expertise.

Pros:

User-Friendly Interface , Data Import and Integration

Cons:

Power BI excels in Key Performance Indicator (KPI) monitoring

Power BI is Great

Comments: I use this product daily to get information for my work and it is a lifesaver.

Pros:

I typically only use it for information purposes, but the amount of information stored within this product is amazing.

Cons:

Sometimes it won't load data correctly if you have it open for a long period of time and you have to refresh your screen.

Microsoft powerbi review

Comments: I love using Powerbi in my day-to-day analysis, I find it easy to use and would highly recommend it to other users.

Pros:

PowerBI integrates seamlessly with other Microsoft products which are widely used such as Microsoft Excel and also is very user-friendly which is a huge plus.

Cons:

Powerbi is great but I think the visuals could look a little better.