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Power BI

​Power BI is a powerful data visualization and business intelligence tool developed by Microsoft. It is designed to help businesses transform raw data from various sources into meaningful, interactive, and visually immersive insights. Power BI stands for Power Business Intelligence and is widely used by business analysts and professionals to create reports, dashboards, and visualizations

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Key Components of Power BI

Power BI consists of several interrelated applications and services that work together to provide comprehensive business intelligence solutions:

Power BI Desktop: A Windows desktop application used to create interactive reports with visual analytics.

Power BI Service: An online software as a service (SaaS) platform for sharing and collaborating on reports and dashboards.

Power BI Mobile: Mobile apps for accessing business intelligence data on Windows, iOS, and Android devices.

Power BI Report Server: An on-premises report server for publishing Power BI reports created in Power BI Desktop.

Power BI Embedded: Allows embedding Power BI reports and dashboards into custom applications

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Uses of Power BI

Power BI is versatile and can be used across various industries and functions within an organization. Some common uses include:

Data Visualization and Reporting: Create reports and dashboards that present data sets in multiple ways using visuals such as charts, graphs, and maps.

Data Integration: Connect various data sources, such as Excel sheets, onsite data warehouses, and cloud-based data storage, and transform them into business insights.

Business Intelligence: Track key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics in real-time, and use built-in AI and machine learning to make business predictions based on historical data.

Collaboration and Sharing: Provide company-wide access to data, data visualization tools, and insights to create a data-driven work culture

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