Good for visualisations and reporting!
March 19, 2019
Good for visualisations and reporting!
Score 7 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft BI
Microsoft BI is used by a few data teams in my organisation in conjunction with other business intelligence tools. One of the primary reasons for using Microsoft BI is its simplicity, user friendliness, and good palate of visualisation options. Unlike most other standard BI tools in the market, Microsoft BI does provide a good array of graphical representations - thereby making it a good choice for reporting purposes.
- Good range of visualisation features.
- Very easy to setup and get onboard.
- Handles data integration from multiple sources decently well.
- Not advisable to use Microsoft BI as a standalone primary tool for data management.
- The process of moulding or repurposing data is not easy.
- Integrating Microsoft BI with non-Microsoft tools is a huge pain.
Unlike Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service (OBICS), Microsoft BI offers a good range of visualisation options. However, it falls behind in terms of data management capabilities. If your requirements are more data intensive and less reporting intensive, then Microsoft BI may not be the best tool.
In terms of similarities, Microsoft BI is closest to Tableau - however, I would still recommend Tableau as a better option than Microsoft BI because Tableau allows data integration across multiple sources comfortably.
In terms of similarities, Microsoft BI is closest to Tableau - however, I would still recommend Tableau as a better option than Microsoft BI because Tableau allows data integration across multiple sources comfortably.