9 Reasons Why Power BI Should Be Your Business Intelligence Platform

In this article, we will explore in detail what makes Power BI the best business intelligence tool, highlight its biggest benefits and standout features, and help you decide whether it is the right choice for your business.

This article explores the technology and internal culture aspects of becoming a data-driven business, the benefits and challenges, and practical steps to foster a data-driven culture within your organization. 

Looking for the best Power BI training resources? We have compiled a list of 27 incredible Power BI training courses, YouTube channels, blogs, websites and other resources for anyone looking to learn more about the platform.

We have made several under-the-hood performance and stability improvements for our visuals, introduced a new feature to Pie and Donut visuals, and launched the ZoomCharts Experience Reports development service.

A brand-new user interaction, plus expanded customization features and other improvements to our Combo, Combo Bar, Pie, Donut, Map, Timeline, Waterfall and Graph visuals – here’s what’s new in ZoomCharts visuals in July 2024.

Here's how integrating Power BI with ZoomCharts revolutionized our client's social network analysis by offering dynamic, intuitive ways to explore data, improving efficiency, and providing actionable insights.

We have updated our Combo, Combo Bar, Map and Graph visuals with new features and improvements. In addition, all our visuals now support dynamic format strings in Power BI.

We have released updates to our TimeSeries, Map, Pie, Donut and Graph visuals that have added various useful features and quality-of-life improvements.

We have added the much-requested Legend field to Combo, Combo Bar, and Timeline visuals which makes it easier to split values into visually distinct segments.

Visualizing both supply chain and retail data within the same Power BI report sounds hard, but with planning, knowledge, and the right tools, it can be done. Learn all you need to know to create a stunning report in this article!               

When working with academic and demographic data that involves thousands of students and more than 300 active research projects, the right data visualization tools are a force multiplier when it comes to efficiency.

Intel develops technology that increases the performance and efficiency of computers and other devices. ZoomCharts creates data visualization technology that increases the efficiency and user adoption of Intel’s state-of-the-art business intelligence infrastructure.

In this article, we explain the main differences between Network PRO and Graph PRO visuals, and compare them head-to-head.

This article explores the similarities and differences between TimeSeries PRO and Timeline PRO to help you decide which of our two Power BI visuals for time-based data is for you.

In this article, we’ll explain what are drill downs in Power BI, and give you some tips and practical examples on how to correctly implement them and make your reports more interactive.

Power BI chart types can make a big difference in the effectiveness of your report. In this article, you'll learn about the different types of charts available in Power BI and how to select the most appropriate one for your data.

Ideally, Power BI report design should make data exploration faster, easier and more efficient. But things do not always go according to plan, and certain design mistakes may creep up. Here are five of the most common mistakes that you should avoid!

Power BI ad hoc reporting is an approach to data analytics that allows every user to become involved in the report creation and analysis process. Let’s explore this method in more detail and compare it to other types of reports! 

How to create a timeline in Power BI? There are many ways to do that, but in this article, we will explore a purpose-made timeline visual for creating stunning Power BI timeline charts that are smooth, interactive and let you feature up to 25 series on the same chart. Read on as we dive deep into the features of Drill Down Timeline PRO and give you tips on how to get started! 

Analyzing your company’s sales process can mean diving into countless metrics. An interactive sales dashboard helps business users compile all metrics of interest into a compact report. By choosing the right custom visuals, in-depth sales dashboards can retain large amounts of information without overwhelming the user. 

What will be the biggest data visualization trends of 2023? What can we expect from Power BI in the future? While we won’t admit or deny that we have a crystal ball in our possession, we want to share some of our predictions for the future of data visualization in this article.

No matter how experienced you are at report creation, there will always be some Power BI tips and tricks that you can use to improve even further. In this article, we’ll share some of our favorite bits of knowledge that you can use when creating reports!

The co-financing initiative will ensure the attraction of highly skilled specialists and speed up the development of 3 brand-new custom visuals for Power BI. The work has begun, and the team plans to launch the new visualizations within a year.  

Power BI experts come in many shapes and sizes. Some may help your company implement a Microsoft Power BI workflow, others will help you maintain your data warehouse, and some are suited to give your existing reports a UX and functionality glow-up by performing a thorough report overhaul. In this article, we will focus on the latter and help you decide whether you should hire Power BI experts in lieu of in-house report creators.

Filters in Power BI reports are a game changer when you’re looking to make big decisions with interactive data visualization. Rummaging through static infographics can get frustrating, thus impacting business management. Fortunately, dynamic Power BI reports can pack large amounts of crucial data into a single report. This article looks at one of the most important parts of interactive data analysis – filters in Power BI reports.

A Power BI combo chart is a great way to combine a lot of data into a simple and easily readable package. It can contain multiple series and various chart types on a single visual, giving report creators a lot of options. In this article, we will explore what you can do with Drill Down Combo PRO and how you can best use the wide variety of options that it offers.

Time is of the essence. This is also true for data. When assessing the performance of a business, people want to look at quantifiable results to develop their future strategy. However, looking at data from a time-based perspective can reveal valuable insights into seasonal trends. Using this information, companies can adjust to any changes that plain numbers fail to show. That’s where a Power BI time series chart comes into data visualization.

Pie charts can be an excellent addition to your report. They will show a quick overview of your data, and act as an eye-catching visual accent. That being said, you need to know when to use them, and how to use them correctly for them to be a valuable part of your visual narrative, not a detriment. We’ll answer these questions and give you a brief Power BI pie chart tutorial in this article.

If you are part of running a business, a good understanding of financial reporting is absolutely crucial. In order to gauge out your company’s financial performance and potential opportunities for growth, an effective and smooth financial reporting process will be a key part of your decision-making process. 

When you look at the best Power BI dashboards, you’ll notice that they have a lot in common. They’re fast and easy to read, and responsive to mouse or touch inputs alike. On top of that, they’re visually pleasing and eye-catching.

Here’s the thing about Power BI network charts – they aren’t as difficult to make as they might look. You just need the right tools and creating interactive and fully featured network graph visualizations will become a breeze. In this blog post, we share some tips and tricks for Power BI network charts and go through the most popular use cases for this kind of visual.  

When you’re creating reports in Power BI, conditional formatting is one of the most powerful tools for data storytelling. Color is one of the main factors in visual salience, and you can use it to make your reports give a lot of information to the viewer with just a quick glance.

Drill Down Graph PRO is one of our most advanced data visualization tools, and in this article, we will explore the many ways you can use it in your Power BI reports, including org charts, AML graphs and more. Furthermore, we will go through some tips & tricks on how to create graphs in Power BI with this powerful visual.

Do you know how to make a waterfall chart? Here are 7 tips you should know when building user friendly Power BI waterfall charts. Customize it to tell a data story that helps you make data driven decisions. Bar and column charts work great for visualizing a beginning and ending value. However, these charts fail to display the full data story by leaving out all the unique factors that contribute to a final net value. In this article, we will look at the basics of waterfall charts and what practices you can implement to build the best waterfall charts in Power BI.

We are excited to announce the collaboration between Microsoft’s latest product – Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Insights – and technologies provided by ZoomCharts – the Network and Map visuals.

Power BI bar charts are a simple and efficient way to show category-based data. Almost everyone has used a bar chart, which is why they've remained incredibly popular through the years. In this article, we will explore the many ways you can make Power BI bar charts even more powerful and use them to the max.

The donut and pie charts are some of the most ubiquitous charts around. Instantly recognizable by people who have very little to do with charts, every report creator is bound to have to include a Power BI donut chart into a report at some point. This is not a commentary on whether you should love or hate donut charts, but rather a guide on getting the most out of donut and pie charts. Strap in tight, we're going to go over the whys, hows, do's and don'ts of Power BI donut charts.

It's no secret that the leading organizations of the world don't take any chances when it comes to business strategy - they use business intelligence to make data-driven decisions. Just like a sports team needs a coach or an army needs a strategist to achieve victory, your can reach your business goals more efficiently with the help of a robust BI system and expert BI analysts.

What are some of the best design practices and most important tips for designing a great Power BI dashboard? How can you design a report that is both appealing and efficient at conveying business information? Learn more in this article!

First impressions matter, even when you're creating Power BI reports. When your users open your report for the first time, they need to be presented with good-looking visuals that present data in an easy-to-read way, otherwise they'll leave confused and with more questions than before.

Maps are one of the most important data visualizations for businesses these days. With the rise of globalization, companies are looking to expand and transcend borders. This makes it necessary to track and analyze data on a geographic level, presenting a new element of map visualization when making data-driven decisions.

ZoomCharts Drill Down Graph PRO offers multiple layout options and unseen level of interaction. In this article we will explore a use case of mapping parent...

You and your colleagues, most likely, send thousands of emails between each other. You can transform these emails into valuable data by performing a Power BI email analysis. It's a great way to optimize your internal communication channels and identify possible issues, and in this article, we will show you how to do it by using Drill Down Graph PRO.

Get inspired! Take a look at this sample report and find new ideas for sprucing up your own sales reports in Power BI. Check out interactions, chart...

ZoomCharts Drill Down Visuals family has a newcomer – the long-awaited Graph PRO visual. This is the first visual for Microsoft Power BI platform, which enables true graph data visualization, exploration and analysis