1.1 Use Case: Reporting

Live reports from enterprise data.

• Reports based on outdated exports
• Manual data preparation in Excel
• Long wait times for IT reports

• Excel/Power BI connects directly to data source
• Automatic refresh
• Business departments create their own reports

Sales manager creates revenue report:

1. Open Power BI
2. OData connection to Gateway
3. Join tables Orders and Customers
4. Dashboard with revenue by region

• Daily current figures
• No IT request needed
• Create report once, use daily