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It goes without saying that the pandemic shook the business world. With shelter-in-place orders around the globe, virtual meetings instead of physical visits, and shifting relationships between organizations and their partners, the old way of doing business is gone. But through that event, a fundamental truth has been revealed. Post-pandemic, it has become perhaps the most important aspect for a business to succeed and even thrive in the face of the
Read MoreThe Most Magical Time of 2021
May 4th 2021 will be on of most exciting days for people interested in BI, Analytics, Cloud, Azure, Planning, AI, and Forecasting. If you have not already signed up, you should: In 2020, Microsoft launched game changing visions of Composite Models, and delivered on it. Later in the year they built further on this and introduced Premium Per User. Hardly any product team inside Microsoft
Read MorePower ON – Writeback Anywhere
Power ON Visual Planner Engine Writeback Anywhere Power ON made a strategic choice in 2015 when Microsoft launched Power BI and Azure Analysis Services; to build Visual Planner solution inside Power BI. Fortune 500 companies as well as both mid-sized and larger corporations are now taking advantage of this unique and tight integration with Power BI. Most Microsoft and Power ON’s clients refer to this
Read MoreBuild Corporate Planning Models in Power BI
Power ON is launching Visual Modeler. Power BI requires a data model and business logic(DAX). Traditionally there have been 3 ways to build it: Power BI Desktop Service and Premium Tabular Editor Service – Premium – Azure Visual Studio Data Tools Azure If you have experience with data modeling, data types and relationships this was an easy transition. Business Analysts and Finance professionals are not
Read MorePlanning and Writeback with XMLA – Power BI
Power ON Visual Planner now supports writeback to Tabular Models inside Power BI Service. Previously Power BI Service was limited to 8 refreshes per day with 30 mins intervals. Visual Planner works with: Premium Per User Premium Capacity Power BI Embedded End-users with any of the subscriptions above, can now develop a datamodel with visualizations in Power BI desktop, and publish it to Power BI,
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