Better Together: Power BI and Your ERP System

The right tools to analyze and visualize data are crucial for making informed business decisions. Integrating Power BI with your ERP system, whether Acumatica, Sage Intacct, or any other, can significantly enhance your ability to gain insights and drive business success.

Power BI to Enhance Your ERP System

Some ERP systems have built-in reports and dashboards that provide a snapshot of your business operations. However, the true power lies in integrating these systems with Power BI. This integration allows for more customized reporting and deeper insights.

Custom Reports and Data Integration

Using Power BI, organizations can create unique reports that draw data from multiple sources. This allows users to drill down into specific areas or data points to obtain detailed statistics and create compelling visualizations. For instance, in a supply chain report, Power BI will help trace the reasons for backorders caused by volatility, forecasting bias, or demand. Analysts can find other suppliers or enhance their forecasting capabilities through this information.

Smoother Collaboration

Power BI makes collaboration more manageable by allowing you to push information from your ERP system directly into Power BI. Integration makes querying easier and makes it easy for non-data scientists to pull answers from connected data sources, whether structured, unstructured, images, or text. The Q&A feature in Power BI, for example, would allow the user to query, “What are my top-selling items?” Relevant insights can be surfaced with that.

Users can also view and modify the report settings to fit their needs or preferences. The look and feel of the user interface can be customized within the ERP interface, making it easy to tailor the experience to individual requirements without needing to leave the ERP interface.

Chat with BrainSell to See How Power BI Can Help You!

Whether you’re satisfied with the built-in reports, integrating Power BI with your ERP system offers a powerful way to explore data and gain insights.

Reach out to BrainSell today to chat with our experts and learn how tools like Power BI can enhance how you run your business!