Microsoft Power BI vs Phocas Business Intelligence

• Engaging dashboard displays with drag and drop modules to convey data in a meaningful ways.
• Familiar Microsoft "Ribbon" type interface that creates an integral feel with the rest of the Microsoft suite of products.
• Built-in mobile optimization window and associated Mobile applications that allow viewing from any location connected to the server.

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• Detailed tracking of sales numbers
• Timely updates - data refreshed every day
• Ability to work with our ERP system and extract data

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• It is such a powerful system that it can come across as intimidating for some without some Excel knowledge
• I'm not a database analyst or administrator, so calling the data in can be difficult (not necessary the fault of the software, but something that could be difficult for teams without someone with database knowledge)
• It can come across as confusing, when there is both a local Power BI and online Power BI components. They don't necessarily do the same functions. You'll definitely want to know how to use the online version as this is how you'll publish and share the results of your findings, but the local one has a lot of capabilities that don't appear to be directly available in the online version (and if so, it's not immediately apparent).

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• Phocas needs to make it easier to connect to different types of databases.
• The data in Phocas needs to be updated faster in some cases.
• It needs to provide functions to create better charts and graphs.

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• I'm using the free version, so the only investment was the time spent to learn how to use the product (which as an Excel user, was very short).
• I use Excel to store every single bit of information about all the projects I do, and being able to see them visualized helped me see some redundant steps I was taking.
• No negative impact at all for me.

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