Microsoft Power BI Reviews

by BriLucchesi

After latest update the Apple Watch portion of MicrosoftPowerBI stays on sign in page even after reinstalling and restarting both phone and watch. No relevant support on website or help files to troubleshoot. May be a bug with latest set version.

by Kinga3736362736

It’s very easy to view reports in MicrosoftPowerBI and the performance speed is much faster, however it’s difficult to navigate.
If I open a report and manipulate the filters multiple times, I have to keep pressing on the arrow in top left corner to go back to the list of my reports - is there a faster way? If there is, it’s not easy to find - not user friendly.
Also, when looking at the report in horizontal way I cannot exit MicrosoftPowerBI easily by swiping up from the bottom of my screen (I have an iPhone 11 and I exit all of my apps this way). What happens when I swipe from the bottom up is that the screen saver shows up positioned horizontally. There is no way to exit that - unless I turn off my phone.

Also, one of my measures has spacing between values (using “ “&), the spacing is preserved when I first open the report but it’s not when I go back to that page from a different page.

by GBH50

I’m unsure why the iPad app doesn’t reflect the settings or data I load into the desktop version of Power BI and subsequently uploaded to the web. For example, the iPad app doesn’t capture the filter settings I have (single select vs. multi select) and omits items in that filter. The desktop version behaves/responds as intended. This is a disappointment.

by Mahz

Hello! My company recently ended a contract with a company offering similar services. I do like this program! It seems to be very versatile. I look forward to working with IT to fine tune it to best suit our needs.

Question though - would it be possible enlarge the icons at the top of the window (Sales and Profit window)? That is, to the left, the arrow pointing up/2 down, surrounding icons, and on opposite side of window filter symbol/arrow/maximize icons as well as the icons to the far top right. I actually created a picture for descriptive purposes. Unfortunately, no way to upload here.

We have 40 sales reps in the field who will be using this exclusively on iPads and phones. Enlarging the icons for better maneuverability when drilling down on analysis - I can already tell from some feedback - will make a huge difference.

Thanks and looking forward to further development of MicrosoftPowerBI!

by SSingh11

Hi Team, I am trying to use barcode scanner. I am able to scan it and it is taking me to the correct barcode report but I don’t see any scanner filter option on my phone app screen. I am not Able to filter my report with the scanned barcode value. I saw many blogs on google that this issue existed earlier due to some bug in app and has been fixed. But I still don’t see it in my app. I am using version 18.7, please help.

by Amayes90

MicrosoftPowerBI is a great tool to allow users to review data and conduct quick analysis on the go. However, some of the user interfaces need attention. I find it often on my iPad or iPhone that we I scroll on a page the header and footer info do not close allowing you to see all of your data. The markup feature is great but again the UI could use some attention. It is a great tool and app for BI!

by Mdtempl

Difficult to see most needed data. Layers that need to access on phone are cumbersome, load fails frequently l, then can’t zoom to see info. Been using for 9 months and still very frustrated accessing data. Definitely do not recommend this platform. Our old simple data platform far exceeded this.

by BelgianGazelle

When opening for example the prior day sales it opens on the filter page and then you go into the prior day sales. It would be best and faster if it opened to the prior day sales page and then the filter page was default.

Please change

by UpUser6months

The filtering functionality in the dashboards and reports is really hard to use. Enabling filters to use native IOS filters (swiping up and down across values) would be a big improvement. Right now you need to zoom or break fingernails to filter.

by TyRow510

This feature is super valuable on the iPad and computer but should also be available for phone. While you’re at it, allow us to create bookmarks on the iPad at least. These are mandatory for mobile business. Then I’ll give you 5 stars!

by TechPops

I love being able to view dashboards directly through my iPad, but inevitably, you want to see the most recent data. The application currently does not support the ability to kick off a data refresh. This would be an extremely useful feature and the lack of it usually puts me back on the web interface.

by Discrete David

Use on the phone is good but to really use the tools it’s best to use on an iPad or laptop. Still, it great to have access to the necessary data on your phone. 4 stars as it still crashes occasionally.

by Joecefis

The concept behind MicrosoftPowerBI, and the functionality it provides in connecting to big data is invaluable. The problem is that there are many (many!) minor things that don’t work correctly or were not thought out, that they add up to this not being all that it should be. One immediate example - there is a navigation bar at the top of report pages that obscures the report below it. It would be a simple thing for MS to fix this by moving the report down slightly on the page, but as-is, makes it very difficult to use, especially if in your mobile report layout there are slicers or other navigation elements at the top of the page. I could go on (no freeze-pane functionality for tables, no long press to bring up tooltips, poor use of font shrinking, etc), but hope MS puts polishing MicrosoftPowerBI high on the priority list!

by MBeck007

But definitely needs work around clicking on visualizations. Very difficult with iPhone even when zooming in.

by Bacon6actual

App crashing with latest update after corporate sign in for government customers.

by African Beast

Very disappointed

by Macbolan75

You might notice that some dashboards take too long to render though MicrosoftPowerBI or don’t render at all. Delete MicrosoftPowerBI completely and re-install. This will fix that issue

by Khenkle

Power BI makes visualizing data seamless and provides countless integrations throughout the Microsoft suite and external, creating looking and customizable mobile content, and insights with Q&A nlp is infinitely resourceful and business friendly.

by Redundencyredundency

I love that I am connected with my dashboards and reports at all times but there is too much limited functionality in MicrosoftPowerBI . I would like to see enhancements for selecting multiple categories from a slicer as well as options to edit my gateway from settings.

by WhyDoesSomeoneHaveMyNickname

Once you use it daily it has become a must

by HotCalSun

App was working great until the 15.9 release on 6/15. Neither mobile dashboards nor reports load in the new version on an iPhone X. Load and refresh messages flash for a few seconds and then a blank screen. Unfortunate, as MicrosoftPowerBI had been really useful previously. I have logged in/out, even deleted and reinstalled MicrosoftPowerBI to no avail.

by JRHami

For about 4 months presentation of dashboards has been terribly slow. Been using Power BI for 3 years and this is the worst performance ever. I can not recommend because it fails to display charts most of the time. Or it takes long several minutes to load basic bar charts. Something is wrong and MS has not been transparent about the problem.

by Arian Krakov

It works ok in the sense that gives you a mobile access to your reports BUT the experience could be much better. Why do I need to select an object to interact with it?? You added 1 click to everything and please adapt selectors to the mobile world

by AnnaSalmon

Microsoft still has work to do on MicrosoftPowerBI. Finding that reports are not refreshing if the same tables/queries are being used. Although I've reported the issue, no action is being taken to correct it.

by Pwannsta

I needed a way to make my project financials mobile and web based. This brought it all together. Good job Microsoft!

by Mymessages

Data sometimes says blank and MicrosoftPowerBI it’s hard to find where to search certain dates

by AzitaGuzzo

PowerBI product and App has changed the way i run my business.
It is awesome. I get to my important data from anywhere on this planet. And it is do inexpensive.
I use mostly the mobile app and it works great

by Chris W In Texas

This tool is user friendly and the reporting engine is constantly improving.