Build reports for Power BI

Rich data transformation and visual analytics experiences help you build reports for Power BI.

Power BI Designer is a dedicated report authoring tool for the Power BI Preview service. The Power BI Designer provides rich data transformation and visual analytics in a unified, seamless experience. The Power BI Designer enables you to create impactful reports with state-of-the-art interactive charts, maps, graphs, and data transformations. Upload your reports to the Power BI preview and empower others with timely critical insights on any device, anywhere.

Future of Power BI

Connect to all your data

Excel spreadsheets, on-premises data sources, Hadoop datasets, streaming data, and cloud services — Power BI brings all your data together so you can start analyzing it in seconds.

Your data made beautiful

Power BI puts visual analytics at your fingertips with intuitive report authoring. Drag and drop to place content exactly where you want it on the flexible and fluid Designer canvas. Quickly discover patterns as you explore a single, unified view of linked, interactive visualizations.

Transform and clean data Getting your data ready to analyze is hard. We're on a mission to make it much easier. Try the data shaping and modeling capabilities of Power BI and take back hours in your busy day.		Complete analytics life-cycle The Power BI Designer is an elegant end-to-end solution for building analytics for the Power BI preview. The Designer has all the capabilities to quickly connect, shape, visualize, and share data insights through Power BI.		Design once, view anywhere We know you need to get data into the hands of decision makers when and where they need it. Power BI makes publishing and sharing your beautiful interactive reports easy.

Experience what's next in Power BI

Monitor the pulse of your business, on all your devices, at any time.

Dashboarding made simple

From zero to insight Create personalized dashboards and reports on your data in less than 5 minutes.
	Explore and discover answers Find answers to your most important questions using natural language and drag and drop gestures.
Monitor the health of your company Make decisions based on the right data anytime, anywhere, on any device. Your Power BI dashboard is your single view to monitor your company's health.
	Build interactive reports Create stunning reports in Excel 2013 or the Power BI Designer.

Connect to all your data

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