In this post, we will be discussing the "WHY" in detail.
A data visualization software is capable of detailing graphs from a multitude of datasets like a CSV file or an excel file or even from a database.
Let's understand why should you choose a data visualization software and why PowerBI should be the obvious choice!
1. Get Data
You can upload data from various resources. You can view, analyze, and
visualize the data that can’t be opened in excel. Some of the sources
are Excel spreadsheets, text files, CSV (Comma Separated Values) files,
JSON files, cloud-based data sources, etc. The extension of the power bi
file is ".PBIX" file.
We can use real-time data also, Dashboard can display and update the real-time data visuals.
We can use real-time data also, Dashboard can display and update the real-time data visuals.
2. Range of Attractive Visuals
Visual representation of data in the epicenter of power bi. It offers us a wide range of attractive visuals. You can build custom visualizations through the library.
We can create visualizations such as,
a. Line Chart
b. Area Chart
c. Stacked Area Chart
d. Stacked Bar Chart
e. Clustered Bar Chart
f. KPI
g. Pie Chart
h. Donut Chart
i. Funnel Chart
j. Cards
k. Map
l. Filled Map etc.
3. Dashboards
Dashboards consist of multiple visuals as tiles. A tile is a single
block that contains visualizations. Tile can be placed anywhere on the
dashboard. Dashboard is of single pages from the reports. It is
printable as well as shareable.
4. Informative Reports
Reports are the combination of dashboards having different visuals on a
relevant particular business topic. Reports are represented in different
ways and reveal important insights. Reports can also be shared with
others.
5. Power BI Q&A
5. Power BI Q&A
Power Bi Q&A is Question and Answers. This is a unique feature of
Power Bi. With the help of the Q&A box, a user can ask questions in
simple English language related to reports.
6. DAX Functions
6. DAX Functions
DAX is also known as Data Analysis Expression. These are
formulas. DAX is used for data analysis and calculations. These functions are all kinds like aggregate functions, filter
functions, date-time functions, etc.
Common DAX functions are: DATE, TODAY, CONTAINS, ISNUMBER, ISTEXT,
AND, NOT, OR etc.
7. Simple and easy Sharing
7. Simple and easy Sharing
Power Bi helps to connect to your data source, analyze it and
visualize it, see what’s important, and share it with anyone you want
or within your organization.
8. Provides user-friendly GUI.
It provides an easy "drag and drop" function with the feature of
editing and formatting visualizations.
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PowerBI has an online service that follows the model of
SaaS (Software as a Service).
This service is great for syncing your dashboards, reports, and
PowerBI apps on various devices.
This service is based on the cloud and is hosted by Microsoft as part
of their ecosystem and thus is also very robust & secure.
Aside from this, there is also PowerBI Mobile, PowerBI Embedded, PowerBI Desktop, PowerBI Report
Server, PowerBI Pro, and PowerBI Premium.
All these are great for taking your skills and proficiency to next
level.
These written above will help you when you scale up your work, so it is better to stay in the PowerBI ecosystem from the start.
We hope with this post and visuals you have got a good idea of
why to use PowerBI.