Presentation 1
Presentation 1
SAS Business Intelligence (BI) is a suite of applications that allows you to prepare and
display data for statistics, predictive analytics, data mining, text mining, and
forecasting. The tools provide interactive visualizations backed by analytics.
• Key components
Power BI Desktop
The Windows desktop-based application for PCs, primarily for designing and publishing reports to the service.
Power BI Service
The SaaS-based (software as a service) online service. This was formerly known as Power BI for Office 365, now referred to as
PowerBI.com, or simply Power BI.
Power BI Mobile Apps
The Power BI Mobile apps for Android and iOS devices, as well as for Windows phones and tablets.
Power BI Gateway
Gateways are used to sync external data in and out of Power BI and are required for automated refreshes. In enterprise mode, it can
also be used by Microsoft Power Automate (previously called Flows) and PowerApps in Office 365.
Power BI Embedded
Power BI REST API can be used to build dashboards and reports into the custom applications that serves Power BI users, as well as
non-Power BI users.
KEY BENEFITS OF BI
• Receive support for fact-based decision-making. BI tools help executives, managers, and
workers uncover insights that are relevant to their roles and areas of responsibility – and use
them to make decisions based on fact, not guesswork.
• Gain and maintain competitive advantage. With timely BI, organisations can quickly identify and
act on new trends and opportunities. They can also assess their own capabilities, strengths, and
weaknesses compared to competitors and use that information to their advantage.
• Measure and track performance. BI dashboards make it easy to monitor key performance
indicators (KPIs), track progress against targets, and set alerts to know where and when to focus
improvement initiatives.
• Identify and set benchmarks. BI solutions let organisations compare their processes and
performance metrics to industry standards, determine where improvements are needed, set
meaningful benchmarks, and monitor progress toward goals.
• Spot issues so they can be resolved. With BI, users can detect potential business problems
before they cause financial harm – such as manufacturing or distribution bottlenecks, upward
trends in customer churn, rising labour costs, and more.
• Operate more efficiently. Business intelligence systems allow everyone to spend less time
hunting down information, analysing data, and generating reports. They can also identify areas of
overlap, duplication, or inefficiencies across departments or subsidiaries in order to streamline
operations.