Hello everyone... I'm in the evaluation mode for Power BI & have a few questions concerning overall use. I've watched a couple of videos & looked through the internet. Figured it might be a good thing to reach out to the knowledge base of current users.
We are looking at Power BI to replace some aging technologies. PBI seems pretty robust.
Our scenario:
- Medium sized company not an enterprise... Premium is way to expensive for us.
- Local DB using Business Objects & Crystal Reports
What we’re trying to accomplish with Power BI
- Write reports & dashboards against a local DB
- Email reports to users as necessary
- Have access to reports on the web… both mobile & desktop access
Questions based off of needs
- Can I give a date / time to email reports from PBI (Say... Wednesday at 2pm)?
- Would I need Power BI pro for all who access reports/dashboards via desktop/moble?
- The report seemed to upload a copy of the table into the pbix package. Is this true?
- Some tables are huge & not sure I'd want to upload a "copy" into the package
- Would a data gateway keep this from happening?
- Can I schedule the refresh timeline for the gateway?
Thanks for any help in advance!
J-rad
