Power BI
If you have critical business data that you want to mine for business decision making, Microsoft Power BI could be the right tool for you. It is a free platform and self-service business intelligence cloud service that provides even non-technical business users with a framework and a set of tools for consolidating , dissecting , visualizing and sharing data. The intuitive dimension of the Power BI’s user interface makes it a joy for those users familiar with the tool to work on this software and the its deep rooted integration with other Microsoft products makes it a very powerful tool for analytical reporting.
Key features of Power BI include:
Quick Insights – Building data subsets and applying analytics to this information, is possible using this feature
Customization – This feature allows developers to change the appearance of default visualization and reporting tools and import new tools into the platform.
APIs for integration – This feature provides developers with sample code and APIs for embedding the Power BI dashboard in other software products
Hybrid deployment support – This feature provides built-in connectors that allow Power BI tools to connect with a number of different data sources from Microsoft, Salesforce and other vendors.
Cortana integration – This feature, which is especially popular on mobile devices, allows users to verbally query data using natural language and access results, using Cortana, Microsoft’s digital assistant.