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Today, identifying, managing and understanding data is made faster and easier through the use of automation, algorithms and natural language capabilities that enhance – not replace – the key steps along the analytics life cycle. Most importantly, it isn’t as inaccessible as you may think.

Welcome to the latest entry in Yellowfin Japan’s long-running ‘How to?’ blog series. This series of blogs aims to provide a step-by-step guide of how to get the most out of your Yellowfin BI experience, such as how to create your own Yellowfin dashboards. Catch up on the series below.

Microsoft Power BI has historically been the default choice for organizations looking to visualize data and generate reports. It’s a capable tool, and no one disputes that. But as businesses scale, especially those embedding analytics into their own software applications, Power BI’s limitations start to show. At some point companies feel the need to reevaluate their business intelligence (BI) strategy, not because the tools they use are "bad," but because their data needs have evolved.

Microsoft Power BI has historically been the default choice for organizations looking to visualize data and generate reports. It’s a capable tool, and no one disputes that. But as businesses scale, especially those embedding analytics into their own software applications, Power BI’s limitations start to show. At some point companies feel the need to reevaluate their business intelligence (BI) strategy, not because the tools they use are "bad," but because their data needs have evolved.

Microsoft Power BI is a ubiquitous business intelligence (BI) solution entry point that can create a good foundation for analytics capabilities at any company. Its Power BI Embedded tier allows for embedding data visualizations, dashboards and reports into your applications, while using the broader Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure. The key challenges Power BI Embedded presents, however, is complexity.

Welcome to the latest entry in Yellowfin Japan’s long-running ‘How to?’ blog series. This series of blogs aims to provide a step-by-step guide of how to get the most out of your Yellowfin BI experience, such as how to create your own Yellowfin dashboard, and how to use Yellowfin's rich data visualization tools. Catch up on the series below.