MRMBI Knowledge Base

Business Intelligence (BI) and Microsoft® Power BI

Business intelligence (BI) is a technology-driven process for analyzing data and delivering actionable information that helps executives, managers, and workers make informed business decisions. To help organizations make more data-driven decisions, Business Intelligence combines:

  • Business analytics

  • Data mining

  • Data visualization

  • Data tools and infrastructure

  • Best practices


Microsoft Power BI is a cloud-based reporting and analytics platform that connects users to a broad range of data through interactive reports, dashboards, and compelling visualizations.

Power BI has the capacity to embed BI reports and dashboards into web pages. Currently Descartes® Analytics™ embeds reports and Power BI dashboards into RPS (Reporting Services).