Note that when the data in the Excel file changes, the changes will be refreshed in the Power BI report when reopened or updated. Power BI provides many more benefits to organizations. For example, ...

Power BI supports up to 400GB data models (at about 10 to 20 times compression, that’s 4TB to 8TB of data in a single data model). These datasets can be IT-certified, and Microsoft Information ...

For Excel power users, this may come as a bit of a shock, but workbooks destined to be linked to Power BI for its data visualization tools must be restricted to flat data. That means no matrix ...

Whether your data resides in Excel files, SQL Server databases, or cloud-based services, Power BI simplifies the process of bringing it all together. Follow these steps to connect to your data: ...

A new update to Microsoft's Power Query add-on helps users explore data from ODBC sources and better tailor the business intelligence tool to their environment.

If you don’t have your reports in Power BI, you can import your dataset as an Excel file. Import Excel data to Power BI Open the Power BI service in your browser.

Instead of trying to cram those options into Excel, or bolting them onto the side, Microsoft is now supporting a much broader set of analysis tools – from the Power BI service, to its purchase ...

See the screenshot “Exporting Report to Excel,” below. In Step 3, open the Power BI Desktop, select Get Data from the Ribbon (indicated by the top red arrow in the screenshot “Opening Power BI Desktop ...

[Related: Microsoft Sharpens Office 365 Tool to Slice and Dice Data] Power Map (formerly known as GeoFlow) adds the capability to create rich, 3D geospatial visualizations in Excel.

After nearly eight months in public preview, Power BI for Office 365 is now generally available. Microsoft is aiming to unlock business intelligence for everyone with the new add-on service for ...