Welcome to the best practices series about the Anaplan Connector for Microsoft Power BI. This is the first of a three-part series designed to help you understand why and how to use the Power BI connector by covering the basics, the set-up, and a real use case.
Let’s begin with Part 1: The Basics.
The connector for Power BI allows you to self-service data visualization and analytics with Anaplan data using Power BI. The connector for Power BI allows you to:
There are two key personas who will benefit most from the connector for Power BI:
The connector for Power BI has a wide range of use cases. Below are just a couple of examples of how some organizations may leverage it.
Dataset integration: It can be challenging to validate reports coming from different sources, especially when data is not structured in an accessible format. With the connector for Power BI, users can generate side-to-side visuals and data representation to better compare data sets, enhance planning accuracy and productivity.
Real Estate Asset Management: Real estate portfolios are constantly evolving, and as they expand, they need to better leverage new volumes of data to track, report, and analyze asset types, value, and fees in an easily understood format. Through the connector for Power BI, users can leverage the best of Anaplan and Power BI to enable reporting at scale with data visualization and dashboards well into the future.
As you are getting ready to use the Anaplan Connector for Power BI, consider:
Ready to begin leveraging the Anaplan Connector for Power BI?
Let’s move on to Part 2: the Setup.
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