The Fuel for Your Power BI Dashboard: Discovering Reliable Data Sources
Power BI: It is a business intelligence tool that allows users to analyze data and generate reports. It is one part of Microsoft Power Platform as well as a proprietary data visualization and business intelligence platform. Power BI supports a large range of data sources, including flat files, SQL databases, cloud-based services such as Azure and Google Analytics, and ODBC connections to connect to other ODBC data sources.
Power BI supports a wide variety of data sources, including:
- Files: Power BI can connect to a variety of file types, including Excel workbooks, CSV files, and text files.
- Databases: Power BI can connect to a wide range of databases, including SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL.
- Online Services: Power BI can connect to a variety of online services, including Salesforce, Google Analytics, and Twitter.
- Big Data: Power BI can connect to big data sources such as Hadoop and Spark.
- Other: Power BI also supports a variety of other data sources, including OData feeds, web pages, and folder contents.
Keep in mind that the specific data sources supported by Power BI may vary depending on the version of Power BI you are using and the settings of your organization. In case you are having trouble connecting to a specific data source, you may need to check the documentation or seek assistance from your IT department or the provider of the data source.
It also supports data sources from desktop computers, from services such as DirectQuery and the on-premises data gateway, and from data virtualization products such as Data.World. Power BI allows users to aggregate, analyze, visualize and share data [2], and can be used to create data visualizations and insights with the help of the Power BI Chart, graphs, KPIs, and reports [2]. It is available for Desktop, mobile, and on-premise servers [2], and allows users to connect data sources and use them in analyses and data visualizations with dataflows [1].