Power BI Data Analysis

5 Reasons You Should be Using Power BI

In today's data-driven world, harnessing the potential of your business data is not just a strategic advantage – it's a necessity. 

What is Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI is part of the Microsoft Power Platform, a powerful business intelligence solution that allows organisations to connect to all their data sources. Power BI can help make instant sense of data, allowing your teams to discover insights, uncover trends, and understand what influences your KPIs.  

According to Microsoft, “70% of organisations believe their data is not used to its fullest extent.” With Power BI you can reveal your potential and use your data intelligently, for competitive advantage.

1. Easy to understand visuals

Simple dashboards and reports which are easy to understand and can help you make important business decisions, based on data.

2. Connect with multiple sources

Connect with hundreds of data sources to create insightful live reports, reducing the complexity of using multiple analytics systems.

3. Automated, regular updates

Once reports and dashboards have been created, they can automatically update in real-time, so that you never miss a thing, and you can make better business decisions.

4. Save time & costs

Spend your time more wisely by reducing how long you are collecting data and instead using it to analyse and make decisions. Power BI can help you achieve:*

  • 366% return on investment
  • 42% reduction in effort
  • 125 hours saved per user per year

5. Have full control of who has access

Admins will have full visibility of who can access sensitive data and can implement restrictions where necessary.

*Stats taken from The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Power BI – Forrester 2020.

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