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As of December 2024, the mindshare of Microsoft Power BI in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category stands at 22.4%, up from 22.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Financial Services Firm
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Computer Software Company
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Manufacturing Company
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Government
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University
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Healthcare Company
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Retailer
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Energy/Utilities Company
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Transportation Company
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Operations & BI Analyst at American Hospital Dubai
Verified user of Microsoft Power BI
Apr 15, 2021
A complete ecosystem with an builtin ETL tool, good integrations with python and R, and support of DAX and Power Query (M languages)

Pros

"Power BI is a complete ecosystem. It has an integrated ETL tool and good connectivity with applications such as Office 365 and SQL. There are also solutions for RPA, such as Microsoft Power Automate and Microsoft Power Apps. Power BI now has integration with Power Query, which has an AI feature for text analytics. Text analytics is a very good feature. This feature is also there in Tableau, but I like it in Power BI because you can write something like, "What is the total sale in the Eastern region?", and it will give you the answer. For example, when you have different types of user opinions, you just run one algorithm and you will have the output that provides the number of positive and negative responses. You can even have a dashboard with positive remarks. This feature has been introduced recently. Power BI supports the DAX and Power Query M languages. These languages are making Power BI very strong in data analytics, and you can do many types of analysis. "

Cons

"It should be more user-friendly. There are very small or tiny icons that you need to move very carefully. If you go a little bit up and down, some of the values change. Its user interface should be improved. It should be like Tableau. Its performance is also slow and should be improved. I definitely feel some sort of speed issues with Power BI. The integration of Excel with Power BI would also be good."
Amol Rane - PeerSpot user
Solutions Architect M365 at Sogeti UK
Verified user of Microsoft Power BI
Jul 30, 2024
Supports AI initiatives in terms of predictive analytics

Pros

"We have plans to use the AI mechanisms and algorithms that Power BI uses to publish more easy-to-understand reports for our customers."

Cons

"The dashboards lack a user-friendly appearance."
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Samuel Njenga - PeerSpot user
Relationship Manager Consumer Credit at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Microsoft Power BI
Jul 24, 2024
Role-level security, user-friendly real-time refresh and

Pros

"Real-time refresh is quite interesting and user-friendly, provided you have access to a gateway. It works well."

Cons

"Although there are many visualizations, most of them are paid separately because they have been developed by private developers. The visualizations that come off the shelf are quite few. "
Ady Woodcock - PeerSpot user
Hsseq Performance Analyst at V.Ships Limited
Verified user of Microsoft Power BI
Feb 28, 2024
Easy to use and provides a useful drill-through feature

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"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Power BI is the drill-through feature that takes you to a details page the users want to see."

Cons

"When we have a big report with lots of data, the solution slows down quite a lot."
Luca La Via - PeerSpot user
Software Engineering Manager at Biesse
Verified user of Microsoft Power BI
Jul 24, 2024
Increased scalability may lead to dashboard-related concerns but offers good data integration capabilities

Pros

"The dashboard is very nice and it is very simple to understand every single component. "

Cons

"Whenever you work on the same dashboard or on the same code, Microsoft Power BI doesn't have a good architecture that allows multiple people to work on the same project."
Artur-Kowalczyk - PeerSpot user
Technology Director at HCL Technologies
Verified user of Microsoft Power BI
Mar 6, 2024
Ensures powerful data integration, analysis, and visualization capabilities, enabling users to easily derive actionable insights from diverse data sources with its user-friendly interface

Pros

"The ease of integration and connectivity stands out as the most critical aspect, followed closely by the flexibility to customize reports and dashboards."

Cons

"There needs to be improved guidance and documentation for the initial setup of Power BI as it currently remains complex."
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Cloud Security & Governance at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Microsoft Power BI
Apr 7, 2024
Provides interactive dashboard, visualization templates and on-the-fly filtering capability

Pros

"Power BI, once made available, can connect to various data sources, irrespective of the application, whether it be HR or business applications. The bank has many applications, but all eventually need to generate reports for tracking, distribution, or problem-finding based on analysis. Power BI was made available as part of the productivity suite to all businesses, which can connect to their applications and provide the reports and analysis they require. "

Cons

"From a scalability and performance perspective and based on my understanding and feedback from end users, there's room for improvement in data processing, scaling up, and leveraging the cloud. That could be an enhancement area for me to look into."
Deepak Damodarr - PeerSpot user
Data Office Lead at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Verified user of Microsoft Power BI
Jun 12, 2022
User friendly, easy to set up and great for analyzing data

Pros

"The most interesting feature of Microsoft Power BI is that it's very user-friendly."

Cons

"here are still better UI designs they can go through. I'm assuming they are focusing more on capabilities rather than look-and-feel designs."