We are happy to announce another successful training session with PT. Vale Indonesia. As the demand for data-driven business intelligence is increasing lately, PT. Vale Indonesia has recognized the needs to create dashboard report with BI assistance and choose Microsoft Power BI as one of the most sophisticated BI product in the market.
Power BI is a technology-driven business intelligence tool provided by Microsoft for analyzing and visualizing raw data to present actionable information. It combines business analytics, data visualization, and best practices that help an organization to make data-driven decisions.
In February 2019, Gartner confirmed Microsoft as Leader in the "2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platform" as a result of the capabilities of the Power BI platform.
Here are a few advantages of Power BI:
- User-friendly interface: Power BI has an intuitive interface allowing users to visualize and analyze data easily.
- Data integration: Power BI allows users to easily integrate data from various sources, including Excel, SQL Server, and cloud-based sources like Azure and Salesforce.
- Customizable dashboards: Users can create customized dashboards and reports to display data in a way that is meaningful to them.
- Real-time data: Power BI supports real-time data processing, which means users can view up-to-date data in their dashboards and reports.
- Collaboration: Power BI allows users to share their dashboards and reports with others, making collaborating on data analysis projects easy.
Features of Power BI
Following are some of the features of Power BI:
Power BI Desktop
Power BI Desktop is free software that you can download and install, and it allows you to build reports by accessing data easily. For using Power BI desktop, you do not need advanced report designing, or query skills to build a report.
Stream Analytics
Power BI's primary advantage is its support stream analytics. From factory sensors to social media sources, Power BI assists in real-time analytics to make timely decisions.
Multiple Data Sources
Support for various data sources is one of the vital features of Power BI. You can access various sources of data such as Excel, CSV, SQL Server, Web files, etc. to create interactive visualizations.
Custom Visualization
While dealing with complex data, Power BI's default standard might not be enough in some cases. In that case, you can access the custom library of visualization that meets your needs.
With the help of Power BI Training, PT. Vale Indonesia is now able to create their own dashboard reports to analyze and visualize data from multiple data sources and extract important insights to solve their crucial business problems and help Top Management making decisions based on reliable data.
With Power BI, PT. Vale Indonesia can now pull in the data faster and perform real-time analysis to derive insights from data. Kudos for PT. Vale Indonesia and the Power Bi delivery team!