Power BI
Microsoft Power BI is a suite of business intelligence tools that allows users to connect to a wide variety of data sources, transform data, create sophisticated data models, and visualize insights through interactive reports and dashboards. It empowers organizations with self-service analytics,…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2013
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Power BI was created to democratize business intelligence, empowering business users to easily connect to diverse data sources, transform, model, and visualize data without heavy reliance on IT departments or complex, expensive traditional BI tools. It aimed to provide self-service analytics capabilities, enabling interactive dashboards and reports for rapid, data-driven decision-making.
- Platforms
- iOS (Power BI Mobile app), Android (Power BI Mobile app), Windows (Power BI Desktop), Web (Power BI Service via browser)
Related technologies
Notable users
- Rolls-Royce
- T-Mobile
- Coca-Cola
- General Electric (GE)
- Starbucks