The Dashboard Effect

Modern Reporting with Power BI: Moving Beyond Email Reports


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In this episode of The Dashboard Effect Podcast, hosts Brick Thompson and Caleb Ochs discuss the pros and cons of emailing reports in business intelligence. They explore why the common practice of sending daily Excel sheets or PDFs is limiting and outdated, and offer better alternatives using modern BI tools like Power BI.

We cover in this episode...

- The limitations of static, emailed reports
- Power BI's subscription feature as an improvement
- The importance of live, interactive data
- Alternatives for users who need raw data access
- Storage concerns with emailed reports

Learn how to move beyond inbox-clogging data dumps and empower your team with real-time, interactive dashboards. Whether you're a BI professional or a business leader, this episode offers valuable insights on modernizing your reporting practices.

Blue Margin increases enterprise value for PE-backed, mid-market companies by serving as their fractional data team. We advise on, build, and manage data platforms. Our strategy, proven with over 300 companies to-date, expands multiples through data transformation, as presented in our book, The Dashboard Effect.

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The Dashboard EffectBy Brick Thompson, Jon Thompson, Caleb Ochs, Landon Ochs

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