As of 2018 R2 what is the value of Power BI over built in Acumatica reporting and data view tools? - Acumatica OData with Microsoft Excel and Power BI https://www.augforums.com/forums/acumatica-odata-with-microsoft-excel-and-power-bi/as-of-2018-r2-what-is-the-value-of-power-bi-over-built-in-acumatica-reporting-and-data-view-tools/ Acumatica User Group Forums en-US Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:25:39 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: As of 2018 R2 what is the value of Power BI over built in Acumatica reporting and data view tools? https://www.augforums.com/forums/acumatica-odata-with-microsoft-excel-and-power-bi/as-of-2018-r2-what-is-the-value-of-power-bi-over-built-in-acumatica-reporting-and-data-view-tools/#post-2831 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:46:28 +0000 Great question Clark. My personal views have been evolving on this, but here is my current response.

Acumatica's Report Designer is really best for printed reports, AKA "traditional" reports. It's more time consuming to create reports with Report Designer because you have to care about formatting.

Acumatica's Inquiries, Pivot Tables, and Dashboards can be used as "Business Intelligence Light", AKA "modern" reports. Also, the data is live. These tools are good for the "questions that you have thought of already."

Power BI is full blown Business Intelligence. This is good for "the questions that you have not thought of yet." Power BI is not just designed to answer your first question, but the questions that come afterwards. You can easily slice and dice to explore the data, answering questions that come up as you move along. But, the data is not live though, nor should it be in a situation that is suited for true analysis.

]]> Acumatica OData with Microsoft Excel and Power BI Tim Rodman https://www.augforums.com/forums/acumatica-odata-with-microsoft-excel-and-power-bi/as-of-2018-r2-what-is-the-value-of-power-bi-over-built-in-acumatica-reporting-and-data-view-tools/#post-2831 As of 2018 R2 what is the value of Power BI over built in Acumatica reporting and data view tools? https://www.augforums.com/forums/acumatica-odata-with-microsoft-excel-and-power-bi/as-of-2018-r2-what-is-the-value-of-power-bi-over-built-in-acumatica-reporting-and-data-view-tools/#post-2809 Fri, 26 Oct 2018 22:07:11 +0000 I'm new to Acumatica and have been using Power BI for a couple years. At first I was excited to hear that Power BI was the reporting tool of choice for Acumatica.
But as I'm learning about Acumatica's Report Designer, Pivot Tables, and Dashboard, I'm wondering what Power BI brings to the table now that Acumatica tools can't do. 

Do you see any extra value that Power BI adds to Acumatica?

Full Disclosure: I'm a consultant new to Acumatica. I'm checking into the business opportunity potential for Acumatica and Power BI. 

]]> Acumatica OData with Microsoft Excel and Power BI Clark Walliser https://www.augforums.com/forums/acumatica-odata-with-microsoft-excel-and-power-bi/as-of-2018-r2-what-is-the-value-of-power-bi-over-built-in-acumatica-reporting-and-data-view-tools/#post-2809