<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
software	O
product	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
with	O
a	O
primary	O
focus	O
on	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Power	I-Application
Platform	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
software	O
services	O
,	O
apps	O
,	O
and	O
connectors	O
that	O
work	O
together	O
to	O
turn	O
unrelated	O
sources	O
of	O
data	O
into	O
coherent	O
,	O
visually	O
immersive	O
,	O
and	O
interactive	O
insights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
may	O
be	O
input	O
by	O
reading	O
directly	O
from	O
a	O
database	O
,	O
webpage	O
,	O
or	O
structured	O
files	O
such	O
as	O
spreadsheets	O
,	O
CSV	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
provides	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
BI	O
(	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
)	O
services	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Services	O
"	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
desktop-based	O
interface	O
,	O
called	O
"	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Desktop	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
data	O
warehouse	O
capabilities	O
including	O
data	B-General_Concept
preparation	I-General_Concept
,	O
data	B-Application
discovery	I-Application
,	O
and	O
interactive	O
dashboards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
an	O
additional	O
service	O
called	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Embedded	O
on	O
its	O
Azure	B-Application
cloud	B-Architecture
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
application	O
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
by	O
Thierry	O
D'Hers	O
and	O
Amir	O
Netz	O
of	O
the	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Reporting	I-Application
Services	I-Application
Team	O
at	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
renamed	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
it	O
was	O
then	O
unveiled	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
September	O
2013	O
as	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
for	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Excel-based	O
add-ins	O
:	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Query	I-Operating_System
,	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
and	O
Power	O
View	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
time	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
also	O
added	O
many	O
additional	O
features	O
like	O
Question	O
and	O
Answers	O
,	O
enterprise-level	O
data	O
connectivity	O
,	O
and	O
security	O
options	O
via	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Gateways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
on	O
24	O
July	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
14	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
acquired	O
the	O
Canadian	O
company	O
Datazen	O
,	O
to	O
"	O
complement	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
,	O
our	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
business	O
analytics	O
service	O
,	O
rounding	O
out	O
our	O
mobile	O
capabilities	O
for	O
customers	O
who	O
need	O
a	O
mobile	O
BI	O
solution	O
implemented	O
on-premises	B-General_Concept
and	O
optimized	O
for	O
SQL	O
Server.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
'	O
visuals	O
 '	O
in	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
started	O
life	O
as	O
Datazen	O
visuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
Gartner.com,	O
a	O
software	O
reviewing	O
company	O
,	O
confirmed	O
Microsoft	O
as	O
Leader	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
2019	O
Gartner	O
Magic	O
Quadrant	O
for	O
Analytics	O
and	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
Platform	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Key	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
ecosystem	O
comprise	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Desktop	O
The	O
Windows	O
desktop-based	O
application	O
for	O
PCs	O
and	O
desktops	O
,	O
primarily	O
for	O
designing	O
and	O
publishing	O
reports	O
to	O
the	O
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Power	I-Application
BI	I-Application
Desktop	O
is	O
built	O
for	O
the	O
analyst	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Service	O
The	O
SaaS-based	O
(	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
)	O
online	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
for	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
,	O
now	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
PowerBI.com,	O
or	O
simply	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Mobile	O
Apps	O
The	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Mobile	O
apps	O
for	O
Android	O
and	O
iOS	O
devices	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
Windows	O
phones	O
and	O
tablets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Gateway	O
Gateways	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
sync	O
external	O
data	O
in	O
and	O
out	O
of	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
and	O
are	O
required	O
for	O
automated	O
refreshes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Enterprise	O
mode	O
,	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
Power	B-Application
Automate	I-Application
(	O
previously	O
called	O
Flows	O
)	O
and	O
PowerApps	B-Application
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Embedded	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
REST	B-Protocol
API	I-Protocol
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
dashboards	O
and	O
reports	O
into	O
the	O
custom	O
applications	O
that	O
serves	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
users	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
non-Power	O
BI	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Report	O
Server	O
An	O
on-premises	B-General_Concept
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
is	O
reporting	O
solution	O
for	O
companies	O
that	O
wo	O
n't	O
or	O
ca	O
n't	O
store	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
cloud-based	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Premium	O
Capacity-based	O
offering	O
that	O
includes	O
flexibility	O
to	O
publish	O
reports	O
broadly	O
across	O
an	O
enterprise	O
,	O
without	O
requiring	O
recipients	O
to	O
be	O
licensed	O
individually	O
per	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Visuals	O
Marketplace	O
A	O
marketplace	O
of	O
custom	O
visuals	O
and	O
R-powered	B-Language
visuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Dataflow	O
A	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Query	I-Operating_System
implementation	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
data	O
transformations	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
common	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Dataset	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
several	O
report	O
developers	O
through	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Common	O
Data	O
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
for	O
example	O
doing	O
transformations	O
in	O
SSAS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
may	O
ensure	O
that	O
several	O
report	O
developers	O
use	O
data	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
transformed	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Dataset	O
A	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Dataset	O
can	O
work	O
as	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
data	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
reports	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
either	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
or	O
imported	O
into	O
a	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Report	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Datamart	B-General_Concept
Within	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Datamart	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
container	O
which	O
combines	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Dataflows	O
,	O
Datasets	O
and	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
mart	I-General_Concept
or	O
data	O
warehouse	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
an	O
Azure	B-Application
SQL	O
Database	O
)	O
into	O
the	O
same	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interface	O
then	O
has	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
being	O
a	O
single	O
place	O
for	O
administration	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
ETL	O
layer	O
(	O
Dataflow	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
intermediary	O
data	B-General_Concept
mart	I-General_Concept
(	O
with	O
for	O
instance	O
storage	O
of	O
star	B-Application
schemas	I-Application
,	O
dimension	O
tables	O
,	O
fact	O
tables	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
finally	O
the	O
modelling	B-Application
layer	I-Application
(	O
Dataset	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Datahub	O
A	O
data	B-Application
hub	I-Application
for	O
discovering	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
datasets	O
within	O
an	O
organization	O
's	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Service	O
so	O
that	O
datasets	O
may	O
be	O
reused	O
from	O
one	O
central	O
location.It	O
offers	O
details	O
on	O
the	O
things	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
access	O
point	O
for	O
working	O
with	O
them	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
building	O
reports	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
utilizing	O
them	O
with	O
Excel	B-Application
's	O
Analyze	O
feature	O
,	O
accessing	O
settings	O
,	O
controlling	O
permissions	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
has	O
many	O
different	O
licenses	O
depending	O
on	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	O
users	O
must	O
be	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
organisation	O
with	O
a	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
access	O
to	O
several	O
features	O
,	O
functionalities	O
,	O
and	O
kinds	O
of	O
content	O
that	O
are	O
exclusively	O
accessible	O
through	O
Premium	O
is	O
made	O
possible	O
with	O
a	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Premium	O
per	O
user	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paginated	O
reports	O
for	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
built	O
with	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Report	I-Application
Builder	I-Application
,	O
are	O
a	O
special	O
type	O
of	O
SSRS	O
reports	O
with	O
pagination	O
formatting	O
which	O
can	O
give	O
better	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
layout	O
of	O
reports	O
which	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
printed	O
to	O
paper	O
or	O
pdf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
regular	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
reports	O
which	O
instead	O
are	O
optimized	O
for	O
presentation	O
or	O
interactivity	O
and	O
exploration	O
on	O
a	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paginated	O
reports	O
can	O
currently	O
as	O
of	O
2022	O
not	O
be	O
made	O
with	O
the	O
regular	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Desktop	O
report	O
builder	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
the	O
standalone	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Report	I-Application
Builder	I-Application
has	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
as	O
a	O
descendant	O
of	O
the	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Reporting	I-Application
Services	I-Application
(	O
SSRS	O
)	O
Microsoft	O
Report	O
Builder	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
introduced	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Report	O
Designer	O
in	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Data	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Paginated	O
reports	O
are	O
saved	O
in	O
the	O
Report	B-Application
Definition	I-Application
Language	I-Application
(	O
.rdl	O
file	O
format	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
.pbix	B-Application
file	O
of	O
regular	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
example	O
use	O
cases	O
where	O
currently	O
as	O
of	O
2022	O
paginated	O
reports	O
may	O
be	O
more	O
suitable	O
than	O
regular	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
reports	O
may	O
include	O
printing	O
of	O
invoices	O
or	O
other	O
repeated	O
printouts	O
of	O
reports	O
with	O
similar	O
layout	O
but	O
different	O
content	O
,	O
or	O
for	O
printing	O
reports	O
where	O
text	O
would	O
otherwise	O
overflow	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
cut	O
off	O
by	O
scrollbars	O
.	O
</s>
