Business Intelligence Paul Johnson

What is BI (Business Intelligence)? Refers to technologies, applications and practices for the collection, integration, analysis, and presentation of business information. Goal of BI is to allow easy interpretation of big data Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Many BI Tools Most tools I will show today are self service BI tools Self service means you should not have to involve your IT team to get the data out of the system. Tools reviewing SSRS reports – Report Builder Smartview Excel reports and dashboards Power BI desktop Power BI service – Cloud Power BI mobile Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Demo – Report Builder Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Demo - Smart View Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Demo – Excel Reports Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Power BI Desktop Self Service bi solution Download application onto your desktop – data is not in the cloud. Open a bpix file which contains the data, reports and dashboards Uses DAX language(formula language) User dax to define customer calculations for calculated columns and for measures (also known as calculated fields) Dax includes some functions used in excel formulas, and additional functions designed to work with relational data and perform dynamics aggregation. Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Power BI desktop steps 1. Getting data – may different data sources, on premise data (SQL, csv, excel), cloud data (CRM, apps, webpages). 2. Formatting data in data model. Define columns returned, transform the columns, clean up data. 3. Creating Reports (charts). Formatting charts. 4. Creating dashboards. (pinning report objects to dashboards). Business Intelligence

Demo – Power BI - Desktop Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Power BI – Service What is Power BI Service – A business analytics service provided by Microsoft. Very similar to power bi – desktop however your data in stored in the cloud. Free vs Pro Free 1 GB\User limit Pro 1- GB/user limit Free daily refresh. Pro Hourly Refresh. Collaboration and row level security with Pro Version. Power BI is Free and Pro pricing 12.20 CDN per user per month. Comparison chart https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/ Get started with the Free version Business Intelligence

Demo – Power BI - Service Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Power BI – Mobile Power BI service on phone, Tablet Works with Iphone , android, windows phone. Alerts Work with Cards and Gauges in power bi Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Demo – Power BI - Mobile Business Intelligence

Microsoft commitment to the product Monthly updates for desktop, service and mobile Guided learning page https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/ Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Questions Business Intelligence

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