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Simple, snappy, flashy
February 15, 2016

Simple, snappy, flashy

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft BI

Microsoft BI was used short term as a tester for our accounting and promotions department. The idea was to show graphs of our current work and the potential of what we should expect in the coming years. We also like how multiple graphs could be used and displayed at one time. This was something we'd yet to see working so fluidly in previous solutions.
  • Easy to use and understand
  • Powerful but not confusing
  • Logical interface
  • Typical Microsoft product
  • A wider variety of templates
  • A tutorial walkthrough for new users
We used Microsoft BI to pinpoint main locations of which we were performing work. We then broke it out for comparing places of which the most money was earned in comparison to places where less money was earned. We then were able to create a focal point where we should aim to do more work or where we were likely to deal with fewer issues and so on.

Microsoft BI (MSBI) Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
7.3
Pixel Perfect reports
8
Customizable dashboards
7
Report Formatting Templates
7
8.7
Formatting capabilities
10
Integration with R or other statistical packages
7
Report sharing and collaboration
9
9.5
Publish to Web
10
Publish to PDF
10
Report Versioning
9
Report Delivery Scheduling
9
6.7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
8
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
6
Predictive Analytics
6
8.7
Multi-User Support (named login)
8
Role-Based Security Model
8
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10
6.5
Responsive Design for Web Access
6
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
7
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding ()
Not Rated