Power BI Ecosystem Summary

• Power Query: Data ingestion and transformation.
• Power Pivot: Data modeling and calculations using DAX.
• Power View: Data visualization for interactive reports.
• Power Map: Geospatial and time-based data visualization.
• Power BI Gateway: Secure connection for on-premises data sources and real-time updates to Power BI Service.

The Power BI ecosystem is a comprehensive set of tools designed to empower users in their data preparation, modeling, visualization, and sharing tasks. Key components of the ecosystem include Power Query, Power Pivot, Power View, Power Map, and the Power BI Gateway. Each tool plays a distinct role in the overall Power BI experience, allowing for a seamless workflow from data ingestion to presentation.

1. Power Query

• Purpose: Power Query is the data connection and transformation tool within Power BI.
• Functionality: It allows users to connect to various data sources (databases, online services, Excel files, etc.), clean, transform, and shape data before it’s loaded into Power BI.

2. Power Pivot

• Purpose: Power Pivot is the tool used for creating data models and performing data analysis in Power BI.
• Functionality: It allows users to build complex data models by defining relationships, hierarchies, and measures using the DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) language.

3. Power View

• Purpose: Power View is a data visualization tool used to create interactive reports and dashboards in Power BI.
• Functionality: It enables users to generate compelling visualizations, such as charts, tables, maps, and KPIs, which can be dynamically filtered and interacted with by the report consumer.

4. Power Map

• Purpose: Power Map is a data visualization tool used for geospatial analysis and creating 3D maps in Power BI.
• Functionality: It allows users to map geographical data on a world map, creating interactive visualizations that show data across time and space.

5. Power BI Gateway

• Purpose: The Power BI Gateway facilitates the connection between on-premises data sources and the cloud-based Power BI Service.
• Functionality: It allows users to securely refresh and interact with on-premises data sources from the Power BI Service without needing to move the data to the cloud.