Powerful Power BI
April 07, 2021
Powerful Power BI
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Power BI Desktop
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Power BI
It's being used across our organization...we have it used by three groups logically. One is the power users, two is the supporting staff and the third is the solution group who build solutions. We also have it for the R&D team for pulling out reports making it work against the power BI gateway from where we can pull data from out on-prem workloads. They evaluate the software.
- Ease of pulling data which was otherwise a tedious job earlier.
- Best possible screen presentation in terms of charts and dashboards.
- Connect to other line of business applications like SAP.
- Ease of usage.
- Excel friendly formula and transforming the data.
- It does not show errors as precise as it should, most of the time the errors while loading data are vague.
- Takes a lot of time if you have lengthy formulas for calculations.
- Power BI file itself is a very heavy one, has huge size.
- Has version compatibility issues.
- Firstly its visuals are very impressive.
- Adoption is something which takes time but pays off in long run.
- And if connected to our on-prem workloads, using a power BI gateway will be a wonderful feature to explore on.
For more advanced features, like better reporting, visually impressive charts and dashboards. Easy connection to other line of business applications, connecting to different workloads, faster data transformations for certain data loads, logical grouping, scheduled refreshing of data and alert mechanisms help us be aware of what's happening with my data our there. Also, scheduled emails is also a nice feature.
Do you think Microsoft Power BI delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Microsoft Power BI's feature set?
Yes
Did Microsoft Power BI live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Microsoft Power BI go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Microsoft Power BI again?
Yes