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 (BzO & Crystal Reports). 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
We email reports to users as necessary.
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)?
- Will the desktop version get users access or do we need Power BI for all who access reports/dashboards?
- Will I need to setup a data gateway to “refresh” reports as data changes?
- Can I schedule the refresh timeline?
Thanks for any help in advance!
J-rad
