Power BI. The shift to business-led self-service analytics. Gogula Aryalingam. Senior Architect Data Analytics Brandix i3, SRI LANKA

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1 Power BI The shift to business-led self-service analytics Gogula Aryalingam Senior Architect Data Analytics Brandix i3, SRI LANKA

2 About Me Microsoft MVP, Data Platform PASS Regional Mentor South Asia Community Leader SQL Server Sri Lanka User Group Blog, Speak, Author, Teacher and Mentor dbantics.com 2

3 Agenda Change in the concept of BI An overview of Power BI Getting started with Power BI Going further with Power BI 3

4 Change in the concept of BI 4

5 Enabled by the IT department Business Intelligence as we know it 5

6 End-to-end view Data often in disparate locations; makes it difficult to see complete picture of your business Common Challenges in BI Multiple data sources Data residing in SaaS solutions and other external locations is difficult to access and refresh securely Right data for the right users at the right time Different roles have different needs and business users need the latest operational data 6 From: Power BI Technical Reference Deck Level Jen Underwood

7 The BI Paradigm Shift Business users started getting smarter Need to mashup their own data Need for quick access to data of choice Data Discovery New types of data Unstructured Streamed On the cloud 7

8 The BI Paradigm Shift Business-led Self-Service BI The Big Data phenomenon 8

9 Gartner Research and Gartner Predicts The BI and analytics platform market's multiyear shift from IT-led enterprise reporting to business-led self-service analytics has passed the tipping point. By 2018, most business users and analysts in organizations will have access to self-service tools to prepare data for analysis as part of the shift to deploying modern BI platforms. Gartner 9 From: Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms by Gartner

10 Enter Power BI 10

11 Overview of Power BI 11

12 Power BI A cloud-based business analytics service Provides Fast and easy access to data regardless of storage location Data discovery and exploration Insights regardless of device Organization-wide collaboration BI for anyone 12

13 Power BI offers BI for Anyone 13 From: Power BI Technical Reference Deck Level Jen Underwood

14 2016 Gartner Research 14 From: Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms by Gartner

15 Gartner Research 15 From: Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms by Gartner

16 Key Benefits of Power BI 16 From: Power BI Technical Reference Deck Level Jen Underwood

17 Getting Started with Power BI 17

18 Power BI Building Blocks 18

19 Power BI Service (powerbi.com) Power BI Components Power BI Desktop Power BI Gateway Power BI Mobile Excel/Power BI add-ins 19

20 Power BI Architecture 20 From: SQL with Dustin Ryan by Dustin Ryan

21 21 From: Power BI Technical Reference Deck Level Jen Underwood

22 22 From: Power BI Technical Reference Deck Level Jen Underwood

23 Going further with Power BI 23

24 Hybrid Power BI Scenario 24 From: Power BI Technical Reference Deck Level Jen Underwood

25 Share and Collaborate Easily share dashboards and reports across the organization Sharing can be controlled and enabled by IT using Office 365 groups Changes to dashboards automatically sync across all users Datasets for dashboards and reports reside in the group s workspace 25

26 Content Packs A collection of: Pre-built dashboards Reports Pre-defined data models Embedded queries Pre-built Content Packs for SaaS Eg: SalesForce Package contents to share with organization 26

27 Structured and unstructured data Connect to Azure Services including streaming and big data 27 From: Power BI Technical Reference Deck Level Jen Underwood

28 Straightforward connection to Azure SQL Database Connect to multiple Azure sources, pull out subsets, publish to Power BI Structured and unstructured data Build complex multisource data processing on Azure, pull into Power BI 28 From: Power BI Technical Reference Deck Level Jen Underwood

29 References & Links Power BI Technical Reference Deck by Jen Underwood Power BI Documentation Power BI Guided Learning Power BI portal Power BI Pricing 29

30 linkedin.com/in/gogula Thank dbantics.com 30