Power BI as a Business Intelligence Tool for Small and Medium Companies

Ko se lotimo študiranja vsebin o poslovnem obveščanju, si težko predstavljamo, da veliko podjetij posluje brez primernih poslovnih orodji oziroma na svoj prilagojen način. V naši diplomski nalogi bomo najprej razdelali pojem poslovno obveščanje. Kaj pomeni, kaj ga sestavlja in kaj se z njim lahko počne. Glede na temo naše naloge se bomo kasneje dotaknili tudi malih in srednjih podjetji, v nadaljevanju s kratico MSP. Predstavili bomo predvsem to, kako jih med seboj ločimo, kakšne so njihove posebnosti ter ugotavljali, kakšne smernice bi MSP morala upoštevati pri izbiri orodja za poslovno obveščanje. Na koncu jih bomo primerjali tudi s tem, kar ponuja orodje Power BI. Microsoft je na področju poslovnega obveščanja dolga leta vztrajal z dodatki k orodju Excel, vendar s tem komaj sledil konkurenci. Kot odgovor na to, je Microsoft razvil povsem novo orodje, Power BI, ki ga je v tem segmentu poslovanja ponovno povzdignil v sam vrh. Čeprav sta na trgu prisotni tudi dve plačljivi verziji orodja, nam že brezplačna verzija ponuja neverjetne možnosti upravljanja s podatki, pri čemer je omejitev le uporabnikova domišljija.After examining business intelligence tools, it is hard to imagine that many companies do business without the appropriate business tools, or in their own customized way. In our thesis, we will first elaborate on business intelligence. Business intelligence definition, its integral parts and its capabilities. In connection with the topic of our mission, we will later focus on small and medium-sized companies, also known as SMEs. In particular, we will examine how to distinguish them from each other, what are their special properties, and determine what guidelines SMEs should follow when choosing a business intelligence tool Microsoft has a long tradition in development of business intelligence tools with add-ons to Excel, barely keeping up with the competition. In the latest round of development, Microsoft has developed a brand-new tool, Power BI, which has once again elevated them to the very top in business segment. Although there are also two paid versions of the tool on the market, the free version already offers us incredible data management capabilities, where user\u27s imagination is almost the only limit. In the last part of the thesis we will examine Power BI properties and compare these with the SME’s BI related guidelines