BI makes it possible to harness company data such as financial, accounting and customer databases to produce the analytical reports needed for decision making. In 1958, IBM researcher Hans Peter ...

Figure H See the Power BI app from Teams in Outlook, alongside your emails and calendar. Image: Microsoft This lets you explore reports and dashboards without needing to switch to another application.

You don’t need to be a data expert to get started. Power BI is designed with beginners in mind, offering intuitive tools to help you create dashboards, customize charts, and organize your findings.

The Power Query tool can be used in Excel to easily record steps taken to transform and format the data in preparation for loading into Power BI. (It can also be saved and reused to rerun the exact ...