In this technologically advanced society, it has become necessary to be able to constantly gather and analyze data in order to maintain a competitive advantage. Through Microsoft Power BI mobile apps, you can consume your data at any time through your mobile device or tablet. This enables you to have quick and easy access to …
Power BI Mobile Apps: What They Are and Why You Should Be Using Them Read More »
Do you find yourself having to create the same PowerPoint at the end of every quarter, month, or week? When it comes time for the next performance or sales meeting, you collect the current data, then have to update the same presentation with this new data. Or even worse, you may receive this data already …
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Measures and Quick Measures are a very powerful tool in Power BI. What are Measures? Sometimes your data doesn't include everything you need to answer questions. You use DAX formulas to create a measure field that you can then use in the report or Data view. Examples of measures are sums, averages, minimum or maximum …
Last month we introduced our Power BI Feature Series, with a focus on Bookmarks. Today we take a closer look at Slicers.
The upcoming release of Dynamics 365 has me looking back and thinking. In a July 1, 2015 blog post, I wrote about a recent announcement from Microsoft, regarding strategic plans to move towards "One Microsoft." Here's a brief excerpt: “As a Dynamics partner, the promise of 'One Microsoft' has been our holy grail for a …
Dynamics 365: Is Satya Nadella’s Promise of “One Microsoft” Finally Here? Read More »
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The new Power BI is here and it’s bigger and better than ever! Microsoft has implemented a whole new user interface that is a stunning view of your business information. Users can customize these dynamic visualizations to stay informed of their critical business data such as sales, margin and profit. Your data is continuously updated …
The newest version of Dynamics GP has introduced or expanded several new features such as approval workflows and intercompany processing. If you've read a lot of online commentary about the new release you have probably also heard about Service Based Architecture. When listening to developers you’d think Service Based Architecture (SBA) was a kind of …
One of the modules delivered within the Advanced Supply Chain Software suite is Advanced Business Intelligence. This extends the reporting and analysis capabilities within Dynamics AX by adding 90+ additional reporting measures and key performance indicators including Cost To Serve, Gross Margin %, Profitability by Customer and many more. When you pair this with PowerBI, the …
Creating Powerful Analytic Dashboards Using Advanced Business Intelligence & Power BI Read More »
This is probably not news to you at this point: dashboards are the most sought after Business Intelligence (BI) solution on the market today. Gartner’s Financial Executive International CFO Technology study in 2013 pointed out that dashboards, scorecards, and performance management solutions are the most important BI investment for CFOs. The business world of today …
