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You have a sales/forecast report in Power BI, and your manager asks you to add forecasts for future periods. You suddenly realize that these periods are not yet available in your data model, which sources its data from a source like SQL Server or Azure. How do you handle this?  Traditionally, you would reach out […]

In an earlier column, we explored how to create a forecast using a blank template in Power BI. Today we will explore creating a forecast based on already existing data. This can be helpful in several scenarios.  (a) You can create a forecast based on actual performance (from past periods).  (b) You can create a […]

A common requirement for organizations is to forecast using a blank template in Power BI, just as you would do with Microsoft Excel. Data in this case may be entered by a single individual or by many individuals across the organization.  Let us explore how you can set this up quickly in Power BI using […]

Last year, Microsoft introduced the ability for businesses to directly procure, license and administer AppSource visuals through Microsoft platforms. With the ease of directly purchasing with Microsoft and with proper license management that came with it - we were hoping to drive the adoption of our popular Inforiver premium matrix. But just as with every […]

We often hear about budgets, plans and forecasts, and may have wondered – how are they different? Well, let’s take a quick look. Budget vs. Forecast: A quick definition A budget is a goal (or an expectation) set by a business for an upcoming financial cycle. For example, ACME Corp finalized its annual budget for […]

Last month we released our flagship version 3.0, with a new small multiple/trellis architecture and no-code framework with which every chart type can be turned into a new modern ‘Visual Pivot Table’.   The October update of Inforiver Analytics+ (version 3.1) further enhances the capabilities offered and comes packaged with core enhancements across UI/UX, chart customizations, […]

We're excited to announce that Inforiver has been highlighted in the Microsoft Power BI October 2023 feature summary blog. This acknowledgment stems from our latest upgrade: writeback capabilities for Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse, Fabric Datawarehouse, and Dataverse, in addition to other leading DWH, DL, and Databases. For a hands-on look, please check out this 2-minute demo […]

A comparison report is one that helps users list two tables side by side to compare performance. For example, the user may list sales data for two years side by side as follows.  Sometimes this extends to users comparing two workbooks side by side too. In Power BI, you will have to utilize multiple tables […]

Welcome to the Inforiver Premium 2.5 release update. We are thrilled to announce several new features and key enhancements to filter/slicer context aware comments, data input, forecasting, aggregation, row management - most anticipated by our Inforiver community!     Key enhancements in this 2.5 release are listed below. Each section in this document corresponds to the section […]

In an earlier post, we learned how you can leverage multiple tabular report layouts in Power BI in a single click using Inforiver. In each of these layouts, you can also customize how you want your measures to be displayed (let’s call them ‘Measure Layouts’).   Measure layouts give you the flexibility to determine how measures […]