Power BI Commentary
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Bradley Hunter
VP VBC, Payer, and Core Solutions
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Product
Users can create the consumables that they want, but they can't make anyone use or understand them....
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Loyalty
The product is part of our long-term plans, and I would buy it again. The main thing is that we have...
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Culture, Relationship, Operations
Microsoft is very good at putting us in touch with people. There have been a couple of different...
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Loyalty, Product
I have been in the IT space for many years. When I first saw Power BI, I was really excited, and...
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Operations
We didn't ask Microsoft for training, but they have an enormous number of resources that are readily...
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Loyalty
We have switched from using Power BI and another visual analytics platform to exclusively using...
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Product, Value
I would buy Power BI again for the things we do on a daily basis. It is also helpful for building...
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Operations
Microsoft's training really only covers part of their support website community portal, DAX support...
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Product
In terms of release notes, Microsoft keeps their promises. We have looked at the beta tools that the...
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Product
In comparison to some other things out there, Power BI is right there with Tableau, Spotfire, and...
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Product
Power BI works, but it isn't necessarily as clean as I would like it to be. It also isn't as easy to...
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Culture
With buying licenses and premium seats and things like that for Power BI, we have to create a...
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Product
Power BI's data models are very clear and straightforward. I can even create them on the system's...
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Product
In the healthcare sector, there are some things that are particularly lacking in the base version of...
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Product
I would recommend Power BI. It is a powerful product. However, its usefulness depends on how an...
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Culture, Relationship
We have had some issues with Power BI. Most of the issues have been with our licensing structure and...
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Operations
When it comes to some training things, we are ambivalent. We have people at Microsoft. There are a...
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Relationship, Operations
We don’t have an assigned representative for Power BI, so we have to do training internally and read...
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Product
Power BI is user friendly for people who know Excel, and it offers a nice way to put all our visuals....
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Product
Power BI changes daily, so staying on top of it is hard.
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Operations, Product
Functionality is there but limited, and I do not know if this is the solution's fault or if it has...
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Product
Power BI's integration into the larger Microsoft data analytics and AI tools is great. I would like...
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Product
There are licensing problems with Microsoft's products, and Power BI is where it becomes the most...
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Product
For a long time now, everyone who uses Power BI has wanted more native granularity control and...
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Relationship
We have a good working relationship with Microsoft. Some of the other vendors that we work with do...
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Operations
I would like Microsoft to focus on needs- or population-based training. We want to be able to...
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Product
There are a lot of automatic updates in Power BI. We have those turned on for our desktop clients....
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Culture, Operations
Microsoft doesn't really do implementation services. They have third-party gold and platinum...
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Product, Value
Our developers were doing an experiment in our Power BI environment. They were able to execute so...
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Product
Power BI is good because of the flexibility of the myriad of reports that we can do in it and its...
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Relationship
Microsoft gives us some information, but a lot of the time, they take more time to manage the...
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Loyalty, Product
Microsoft produced a standardized tool. There are a lot of players in the data visualization market,...
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Operations, Product
Our biggest consideration is that we have to determine whether we want to go with an on-premises...
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Product
We have difficulties with Power BI when we import data from third-party vendors. Some of that is due...
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Product
There is an anonymous API connector through Power BI, and there is a block in our system that stops...
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Product
Things have been going really well with Power BI. The system is very customizable. I generally don't...
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Product
Power BI is awesome. It integrates nicely and securely with the entire Microsoft suite. The vendor...
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Product
There is strength in integration with Power BI, and we are very satisfied with how we have been able...
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Relationship
When we do have to put in a ticket to Microsoft for support, we get people to help us pretty...
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Relationship
I don't feel as though Microsoft has really helped us out in any way by reaching out first and being...
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Product
We are really happy with Power BI. We have been able to do some cutting-edge stuff with this solution....
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Product
Power BI is a good tool. There are some things that I don't like about it, but I would still...
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Value
Power BI isn't that expensive compared to everything else, and the ROI we have gotten has been...
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Loyalty, Operations
The vendor's training leaves a lot to be desired. We will be doing more formal training with...
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Product
Both our EHR and Power BI do a lot of analytics. There is basically no functionality integration...
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Loyalty
I have seen some of Microsoft's vision, and that vision is confusing. The vendor changes things too...
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Culture, Loyalty, Relationship
I have only had a few instances where I have dealt with Microsoft executives, and those instances...
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Operations
I don't think the vendor offers up anything for training. It is mostly self-taught within our team,...
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Value
Power BI is not our highest-performing product, but it performs to expectations. It is still a way...
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Product
We would buy Power BI again because it matches up with what we already have, especially in the...
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Relationship, Value
The only thing Microsoft promises is to raise their licensing rate, and they have done a good job of...
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Relationship
We get almost no support from Microsoft for Power BI. All of our support comes from a third party....
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Operations
We have never received training on Power BI beyond online videos. If Microsoft were to provide good...
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Product
My number-one complaint with everything that Microsoft produces is that those things don't behave...
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Relationship, Product
When users get stuck, they can usually send a link to a data scientist who can figure things out for...
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Relationship
Microsoft will sometimes send out an email saying that something is temporarily unavailable. That is...
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Loyalty, Value
I would recommend the system to others, but it would depend on the organization. If the organization...
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Loyalty, Relationship, Product
Power BI is relatively new with the other Microsoft products that are coming out. The integration of...
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Operations
Microsoft offers pretty good free training, and there are a thousand videos on the internet of how...
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Value
We are a Microsoft shop, so going with Power BI was more cost efficient for us than going with a...
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Culture
Microsoft was willing to work with us a little on the quotes and things like that when we were...
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Relationship, Product
We don't use Microsoft’s phone support, and I don't really talk to our Microsoft representative, but...
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Product
Power BI is doing really well for what we are doing in the hospital. We can't do anything overly...
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Product
Integrations with Power BI have some issues with some custom connectors. We have tried to build some...
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Relationship, Product
It seems like Microsoft keeps trying to integrate Power BI with some of their other cloud products,...
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Loyalty, Product
There are some downsides to Power BI, but Microsoft is coming a long way with the constant updates...
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Relationship, Product
We don't really get alerted by Microsoft about potential problems. If there is an issue with the...
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Product, Value
The product greatly helps to reduce pain points and helps us achieve expected measurable outcomes....
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Operations
Not having the full background of how Power BI works and what it can do hinders me. The person who...
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