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Your organization’s data can be a valuable tool for making informed business decisions. Quality data can assist in understanding customer needs, increase employee satisfaction, provide insights as to the effectiveness of certain processes, and more. Harnessing the power of your data is crucial, yet often organizations engage in ineffective data collection practices. The benefits of Power BI are numerous and can easily provide data insights that may currently be unrealized.  

What is Power BI? 

Power BI is a Microsoft solution that turns your organization’s data into visually engaging and interactive reports. Power BI also lets you connect multiple data sources and automates processes, eliminating manual work.  

Benefits of Power BI 

1. Advanced Data Collection 
    
   Power BI can pull data from multiple sources and consolidate it into one location. Power BI’s ability to integrate with a wide range of data sources allows you to obtain comprehensive and quality data reports.  

2. User-friendly and Intuitive Nature  
    
   Power BI is user-friendly which allows anyone to use and benefit from it. The visually engaging and interactive reports can be easily shared and understood company-wide. Learning how to use Power BI can be done quickly and efficiently. Power BI can be adopted by an entire organization in a short period.  
    
   At Imaginet, we also host training sessions with our clients who are adopting a Power BI solution to ensure they are well-versed in the benefits Power BI has to offer.  
    

3. Automated Data Reporting 
    
   The automation of data reporting eliminates manual data collection processes. Therefore, the data obtained is much more accurate and the data quality is improved. Furthermore, employees are better able to utilize their time. Data collection becomes more efficient, allowing employees to focus on other tasks.  
    

4. Combine Benefits of Power BI with Microsoft Products  
    
   You can integrate Power BI with your existing Microsoft products, such as Teams, PowerPoint, and Excel. For example, you can export data from a Power BI report to Excel or embed images or live data from a Power BI report in PowerPoint. Having quick access to quality reports will lead to improved communication and collaboration among employees.  
    

5. Improve ROI  
    
   Accurate and quality data will naturally lead to better business decisions. You will be better able to identify your needs, understand what is working for your business, and learn where improvements are needed.  
   
   Accurate employee performance data will help identify areas of specific training needs. It will also identify high-performing individuals and provide insights as to why they are performing well. These data-backed insights will lead to improved employee performance, leading to an improved ROI.  costs.  

Microsoft Fabric & CoPilot in Power BI  

In May, Microsoft announced Microsoft Fabric and CoPilot in Power BI. Fabric is currently in preview, but its function is to bring all existing data together in one place. Combined with Power BI, Fabric will foster a healthy data environment and lead to improved data-decisions.  

Microsoft CoPilot (also in preview) harnesses the power of AI and combines it with Power BI to uncover organizational insights more efficiently. It is incredibly user-friendly in that you describe desired insights and CoPilot pulls your data into an easy-to-read report based on your needs.  

Benefits of Power BI: Conclusion 

Power BI has several advantages and can elevate your data and how it’s reported. Your data is an invaluable tool that all business professionals should be utilizing. The difference in quality before and after employing Power BI is unparalleled. If you aren’t currently making the most out of your data, we highly recommend doing so. We also recommend evaluating your current data collection practices and asking yourself if they are effective. 

We have touched on a few of the benefits of Power BI, but they don’t stop here. For more information, or if you think a Power BI solution may be right for you, fill out the form below and someone will be in touch. Subscribe to our blog for more helpful tips, tricks, and information. 

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