Tableau to

Power BI:
Bridging BI
Worlds
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A recent forecast estimates that the In terms of features, robust security,

total amount of data storage and cloud-based capabilities,
capacity in the world will grow from Tableau and Microsoft Power BI are
6.7 zettabytes in 2020 to about the top BI solutions in the market. Still,
16 zettabytes by 2025. This indicates many organizations are moving from
a significant increase in storage Tableau to Power BI.
capacity to handle the growing
amount of data produced globally.
A report from Gartner showed
The world is rapidly generating more that Power BI has helped more
data. Organizations have realized and than 250,000 organizations,
appreciated the importance of data including 97% of the Fortune 500,
visualization and business intelligence to foster their data culture.
(BI) tools. However, with so many BI
and visualization tools available,
enterprises struggle to decide which
tools best fit their needs.

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Data from Gartner also shows that Complex licensing

Power BI and Tableau are the top two High cost
business intelligence tools in the
Non-unified semantic
market.
(Inconsistencies in how information
is understood or interpreted across
different contexts or systems.)
Power BI has a slightly higher
average rating of 4.4 stars out of Performance challenges
5 from more than 2500 reviews, Steep learning curve
while Tableau has 4.3 stars out Unclear product roadmap
of 5 from more than 2100 ratings.
Customization limitations
Integration concerns
Governance costs
At WinWire, we've engaged with
numerous clients who utilize Tableau Does this sound familiar to you as
to understand their perceptions and well?
experiences with the tool.

These are the Common Challenges

We Hear from Our Clients using
Tableau:

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Considering a Move?
Why Power BI might be a
Better Choice over Tableau?

Many enterprises switch from Tableau

to Power BI to improve their efficiency,
reduce their costs, benefit from
powerful BI and data warehousing
features, and to integrate easily with
Microsoft tools like Excel, Azure, and
SQL Server.

Power BI's compelling value

proposition lies in its ability to deliver
a unified semantic layer, significantly
reduce licensing costs, and offer
seamless integration with other
Microsoft services, enhancing
scalability and accessibility.

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The Migration Advantage

Migrating to Power BI can be a

game-changer. Imagine reducing Less complexity Easy-to-use features
your licensing costs by up to 75%, Power BI has an edge over Tableau Power BI’s easy-to-use responsiveness
streamlining maintenance & because it does not need complicated enables users to view reports &
unlocking the full potential of your proprietary technology. It uses natural dashboards on mobile in a clear,
language queries, R, DAX & M instead, user-friendly format. This also lowers
data with Power BI's advanced AI
to benefit organizations with easier development time & allows more
capabilities. The shift promises
data preparation, custom adaptable connectivity with
reduced operational costs & a more visualizations & more flexibility. third-party data systems.
agile, responsive data analytics
environment.

Connections with the best of Microsoft Cost

Power BI is part of Microsoft’s Power Tableau’s creator license ($70/per
suite of services, so it integrates user/month that supports “prepare
smoothly with other Microsoft & wrangle data” is much more
solutions, including Office 365 and expensive than Power BI’s pro
Azure Cloud. license at $10/per user/month,
which supports development and
dashboard viewing.

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Supports user-led innovation Boosts business user efficiency

Power BI provides a single platform that meets Power BI’s interactive, engaging dashboards save
the data analytics needs of businesses. It allows time by giving business users quicker access to
users to use 'strong semantic models, a toolkit critical information in real time. Viewers address
for apps lifecycle management (ALM, an open issues & spot opportunities faster. Studies have
framework for connectivity & paginated reports shown that, on an annual basis, employees can
with fixed layout and pixel accuracy.') Users get save approximately 65 hours per year, leading to
weekly & monthly updates that help improve composite organizational benefits totaling
Power BI's features & abilities. around $3.6 million annually.

Easy data sharing Increases employee satisfaction

The Power BI pro services enable quick and Power BI helps create a culture of data within
easy sharing of data, dashboards, and files organizations because it encourages data
through private networks and web democratization. With more access to data
browsers. (than before and becoming data-driven,
employees feel more confident, which leads to
higher retention rates.)

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How Should You Start Using Win With Power BI helps enterprises
embrace the best visual analytics
Power BI?
experiences on Power BI by quickly
and smoothly migrating from existing
Getting started with Power BI is easier
BI/ reporting solutions using
than most organizations think. The
automation toolsets and best
Power BI software is user-friendly, and
practices.
if you’re accustomed to working on
Excel, you’ll find it particularly familiar.

If you don’t already have the Power BI

software, try it for free to gauge if it
suits your requirements.

You won’t need a license until you

want to share your visuals and reports
with others or perform more complex
tasks.

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The Benefits:

Reduce licensing costs by Fast business adoption of

up to 75%. Power BI through programs
such as dashboard in a day.
Up to 50% less effort in
rebuilding models in Power BI. Ability to embed insights
within applications/processes.
25% – 30% less effort in
building / converting Enable highly secure,
dashboards. integrated, and analytics
capabilities.
Innovative metadata-driven
accelerator driving down
migration costs.

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A Tailored Migration
Strategy

The migration process is not a

one-size-fits-all journey. It requires a
tailored strategy that begins with a
deep dive into your existing Tableau
environment, assessing the
complexity, and mapping out a
detailed migration plan.

This includes thoroughly analyzing

Tableau files, datasets, and models to
ensure a smooth transition to Power BI,
leveraging automation and best
practices to minimize disruption and
accelerate the migration timeline.

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Best Practices for Moving from Tableau to Power BI

Review the Tableau assets for Use Power BI’s robust data modeling tool
workbooks, projects, and other to join different data sources from
data sources. various locations & build relationships &
transformations on them.

Focus on high traffic views Make use of essential organizational

and sources first. resources and training to ensure change
management and greater adoption of
Power BI as a new data analytics tool.

Sort data types by priority: transform Implement clear and consistent data
tabular or relational data sources to governance practices to ensure data quality,
Power BI first, then adjust define roles, permissions, and hierarchies,
semi/unstructured sources for and handle metadata and lineage.
integration.

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Realizing the Benefits

The migration journey leads to a new

world of opportunities.

Besides saving money, organizations

can see a 50% drop in model rebuild
work and a 25% to 30% cut in
dashboard build or conversion work.

But the value goes beyond that, into

the core of how decisions are made,
with integrated insights and
advanced analytics capabilities that
boost efficiency, innovation, and
strategic vision.

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Embarking on Your
Migration Journey

Win With Power BI enables enterprises Extracts the Tableau files,

to adopt the industry's best visual stored in a database and
analytics experience on Power BI by analyzes.
seamlessly and rapidly migrating
from existing BI / Reporting solutions, Determines the migration
leveraging automation, toolsets, and strategy, efforts, ROI and
best practices. execution plan.

Extracts & processes with TOM

(Tabular Object Model) to
Reduces licensing costs by
create Power BI datasets.
up to 75%.

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Value Propositions
Business Growth: Advance your business
with advanced analytics that drives smart
decisions & strategic growth.

Easy Data Insights: Use Power BI Secure and Integrated: Benefit from a fully
to transform data into valuable integrated analytics platform that protects
insights in no time. your data & simplifies processes.

Fast Dashboard Creation: Accelerate Quick Model Rebuilds: Experience

adoption with our easy dashboard up to 50% quicker model rebuilds,
creation, delivering immediate value. increasing your data agility.

Embedded Insights: Embed insights Cost Savings: Use our migration

smoothly into your applications for accelerator to reduce costs
improved decision-making. significantly.

Productivity Boost: Achieve up to 30%

faster dashboard creation, enhancing
your team's efficiency.

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Client Success Story Data Security: Implementing Enabled enterprise-wide use of

row-level security in Power BI to Power BI with initiatives like
match healthcare data's stringent Dashboard in a Day (DIAD).
Customer compliance & privacy standards.

A faith-based, nonprofit, integrated Business Value

User Adaptation: Transitioning
health system with over 400 locations
users from Tableau to Power BI Enhanced Data Processing Speed:
serving more than 80 communities on
required training. Reports are now generated 50% faster.
the West Coast and Hawaii.

Business Challenges WinWire Solution Increased User Engagement: Power

BI's intuitive interface and enhanced
Moved to Azure, using Power BI for capabilities increased user
The client started an important project analytics, saving more than 40% in engagement by 30%.
to move 270 essential Tableau reports license costs.
to Power BI, aiming to complete the Cost Efficiency: By consolidating
transition within 12 months. Used "Win With Power BI" for various analytics tools into Power BI,
inventory evaluation & complexity the organization reduced its annual
Complexity: Each Tableau report
analysis, improving the report and software costs by 20%.
varied in complexity & translation
dashboard inventory.
and required a detailed analysis to
ensure accurate functionality could
Adopted an Agile method for a
be replicated in Power BI.
smooth migration & rebuild of
Power BI reports.

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Concluding Thoughts What Next?

Moving from Tableau to Power BI is Are you looking for assistance with
not merely a technical improvement your transition from Tableau to
but, in a way, a strategic step towards Power BI? It can make your work more
a more unified, effective, and efficient and cost-effective.
future-oriented data analytics
system. At WinWire, we can help you
transition from Tableau to Power BI.
With the right plan, tools, and skills, We can design your transition, build
this change can lead to substantial the reports, offer training and
cost reductions, operational documentation, and help you
improvements, and improved prepare for success.
decision-making abilities, preparing
your organization for excellence in the
data-driven era.

Get a free consultation

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