Power Apps, Power BI and Power Automate.
We know that Microsoft is known for its constant innovation, and what makes this even more fascinating is the way it develops solutions that integrate to enhance its tools. Today, we will present the incredible impact of the synergy between these three solutions: Power Apps, Power BI and Power Automate.
Why use Power Apps, Power BI, and Power Automate together?
Using these tools together can bring great benefits and enhance your solutions. By creating an end-user-centric dashboard and application, you can provide a streamlined user experience. In this article, we’ll explore who will use your reporting solution, the value it provides, and take action through a few actions.
There are many opportunities to unify these tools and use them together. Here are some common use cases that can bring significant benefits.
Power Automate offers a wide range of actions that you can perform, and Power Apps provides an ideal environment to control and initiate these actions. You can even call Power Automate to track Power Query errors.
One of the biggest benefits of using Power Apps, Power BI, and Power Automate together is the ability to edit and write data back to the source system. Power BI is natively a read-only tool, allowing users to visualize their data.
Power Apps and Power Automate provide a powerful way to modify this data directly. For example, salespeople analyzing forecasts may want to make small adjustments, such as updating information about customers who have filed for bankruptcy.
With integrated solutions, they can update and write changes to the source system directly from the Power BI Report. In addition to direct data editing, these solutions also allow them to store additional information.
This could include adding comments to another database, allowing others to view those comments when accessing the reports. Additionally, it is possible to send emails based on information leaked from the reports.
In addition to adding and storing information, you can perform a variety of actions by integrating Power Apps, Power BI, and Power Automate. For example, in a sales dashboard, you can alert someone to a trend or launch a campaign based on information presented in a marketing dashboard.
Before you start planning how to build your Power Apps, Power BI, and Power Automate integration, there are two key points to remember.
1) Understand who your target audience is by looking at the end user. Write organizational profiles and related personas (technical skills). Keeping this information at the center of each action will help guide the images, text, and process flow.
2) Now that you understand your target audience, write down the purpose of surfacing the data and how it impacts your audience. Having clarity on your purpose and target audience is key to connecting the two separate tools into a unified solution.
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The questions mentioned above drive cohesion and unification of solutions, but how do you inform your target audience and for what purpose? The goal of integrating a Power BI report into Power Apps is to enable real-time action. This is especially important when the consumer is digesting the information presented.
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Create a powerful application for automation and action on data, making information easily accessible. Use Power Applications to edit and filter data, helping sales teams make last-minute decisions. Simplify data usage while focusing on efficiency and productivity in your company. Stay ahead of the competition with innovative technology solutions.
