For organizations across the globe, planning and forecasting can be quite challenging. As businesses continue expanding digitally and workflow, people, and data grow and become more siloed, leading organizations are capitalizing on business intelligence tools, already being used to drive collaborative analysis, to help drive collaborative and integrated business planning and forecasting, too. Why? Planning and Forecasting and BI Historically, companies relied on Excel spreadsheets
Read MoreDynamic Planning with Power BI
In the May 2022 release of Power BI, Microsoft incorporated dynamic Field Parameters. This will allow users to dynamically change the measures or dimensions being analyzed within a report. Users of Power ON Visual Planner can now quickly switch between a mix of Dimensions and Measures inside Power BI, and quickly plan scenarios for all combinations Benefits: Ease of use – User controlled layout Simple
Read MoreThe Imperative for Integrated Planning with Power BI
The purpose of Planning is not planning; it is decision making. ~ Robert Kugel, Ventana Research. In this short but insightful paper, Ventana Research shares WHY effective Operational Planning produces better decisions that drive more business value, and HOW organizations like yours can improve performance with a modern approach to this age-old process by leveraging your Microsoft Power BI investments. Read the PDF below, or
Read MoreThe Effectiveness of Real-Time Planning with Power BI
In hyper-fast, ever-changing work environments, real-time planning has never been more important. With businesses that employ workers across time zones and hybrid work-from-anywhere conditions, having decision makers on the same page can be challenging. Other new era problems — such as data accessibility (or lack thereof) and poor automation — have bubbled up to the surface faster than ever. Integrating new strategies and the right
Read MorePower XL–A Two Way Street for Power BI
Build anything in Power BI with Write-back. ‘Anything’ can include, but is not limited to the following. Advanced Data Collection: With Power XL, users can now develop advanced applications in Power BI and use custom Excel Illustrations to collect data from internal and external users. App Development with “Excel Code” Filtered Spreadsheet Features. All Power BI navigation and Pop Up features. Advanced Analytics. Structured
Read MorePower BI for the Business Analyst
With Power XL, Business Analysts can now utilize the efficacy of Excel directly inside Power BI. Develop new models in a familiar environment. Publish to the organization for data collections with ease. All spreadsheets are filtered by Power BI and have Write-back for easy collaboration. Any data from Power XL can be shared with all other Custom Visuals. Seamless. It is a no-code solution for
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