While evaluating reporting engines for my company I of course tried out Power BI. At first I thought "Great! Everyone seems to be raving about it and there are tons of videos and tutorials so this should be a snap."
However, I soon discovered that Power BI is great IF you only want to chart numbers such as percentages and financials. No matter how far and wide I searched I could find very little information on working with dates, especially in creating timelines or Gantt charts.
Not only that but navigating the Microsoft Power BI minefield is a nightmare. For example, my copy of Power BI Desktop wants to be upgraded but now it wants to do it via the Microsoft Store. Only the download sticks at 0%. I then tried to reset the download but then got the error “Something unexpected happened”. But when I clicked “Report this problem” it said I needed to so via the “feedback-hub”. Again, another MS app that I cannot download or install.
Next, navigating the MS Power BI infrastructure is ridiculous with its countless logins and re-logins for the various Microsoft accounts I apparently have. None of which seem be connected to the laces I need to go.
Sorry but I'm just not drinking the Power BI Koolaide as after days of trying I could still not generate a decent timeline or Gantt chart. Whereas I was able to spin up both types using Tableau in a matter of hours.
