Business Intelligence & Data Analytics
Ready to make a big impact with your data?
At Advisicon, we believe data should do more than sit in reports—it should actively guide your decisions. That’s why our approach to Business Intelligence and Data Analytics is centered on empowerment. We don’t just build dashboards; we set you up with the tools, models, and skills to truly understand your information and act on it.
Every organization has data, but not every organization knows how to connect it to strategy. We help you bridge that gap by tailoring solutions that uncover insights, highlight trends, and make reporting accessible across all levels of your team.
From designing intuitive Power BI visuals to building governance structures that keep your data clean and reliable, we ensure that your BI foundation fuels long-term success.
Our BI Services
Business Intelligence isn’t one-size-fits-all, and neither is our support. Advisicon offers a full range of BI services designed to meet you where you’re at.
At a glance, our services include:
Analytics Services
From performance metrics to predictive insights, we help you uncover what your data is really saying.
Database Management Consultations
Optimize how your data is stored, structured, and accessed for speed, accuracy, and scalability.
Dashboard Creation & Deployment
We design clear, actionable dashboards in Power BI and other tools that your teams will actually use.
Training & Upskilling
Build internal confidence with live, virtual, or self-paced courses tailored to your team’s BI maturity level.
Ongoing Support
Whether it’s troubleshooting, coaching, or extending your BI capabilities, we’ll keep you moving forward.
Our Power BI training
Our Business Intelligence classes are presented in levels to allow software users to progressively build their skills, with one unique introductory course tailored to Project Online users. Our talented trainers are able to deliver these courses in person or virtually to suit your team’s needs.
Available Courses
Power BI Fundamentals
Power BI™ is Microsoft’s cloud reporting and business analytics tool suite used to analyze data and share insights. This course teaches the core techniques that your business analysts need to use this powerful data intelligence and report authoring tool.
Introduction to Power BI for Microsoft PPM
Power BI™ is Microsoft’s cloud reporting and business analytics tool suite used to analyze data and share insights. With Power BI, you can supercharge your PMO’s ability to monitor your projects, programs, and resources and get answers quickly with rich dashboards available on every device. This course gives practical examples and teaches the core techniques that your business analysts and PMO need to use this powerful data mashup and report authoring tool against your Microsoft PPM environment.
Intermediate Power BI
Power BI™ is Microsoft’s cloud reporting and business analytics tool suite used to analyze data and share insights. The Intermediate Power BI course builds upon the foundations taught in an introductory level class such as Microsoft’s Dashboard in a Day and Advisicon’s Project Status Report in a Day and goes deeper on topics such as advanced visualization & data modeling–adapted specifically for organizations wishing to develop or improve their project, resource, and task reporting.
Advanced Power BI - Data Visualizations
Data Visualizations: MS Power BI™ is already your go-to for analyzing data & sharing insights, and you’re prepared to learn the advanced techniques that make your data visualizations “pop.” This course helps you understand the impact & power of effectively presenting your data in ways that make your report users derive effective insights rather than bore them with a sea of text or a collection of unrelated data.
Advanced Power BI - Data Shaping and Modeling
The Power BI Data Shaping & Modeling course builds your expertise in transforming and analyzing data for clearer, more impactful reporting. This course explores advanced techniques for data modeling, query optimization, and calculation tools, empowering you to create dynamic visualizations & develop multi-report dashboards tailored for project insights.
Benefits
Unlock the full potential of your data with Power BI, where raw information transforms into compelling narratives through powerful visualization tools. This not only enhances communication within your team but also accelerates decision-making with real-time analytics and interactive dashboards.
The agility provided by Power BI extends to efficient resource monitoring, supercharging your Project Management Office’s ability to track projects, programs, and resources seamlessly across all devices.
Beyond just saving time and costs, Power BI fosters enhanced collaboration by facilitating the effortless sharing of insights and reports. Moreover, continuous improvement is ensured through Advisicon’s advanced Power BI courses, empowering organizations to stay ahead in the dynamic realm of data analytics. With tailored training modules for every skill level, from introductory courses to advanced data modeling, Power BI becomes an adaptable asset across diverse industries.
Enhanced data visualization and decision-making
Efficient resource monitoring and project tracking
Tailored Training and Continuous Improvement
Power Platform Support
Sometimes you don’t need a full project…you just need answers, fast. Advisicon’s Power Platform Support is built to give you direct access to experts who can help you overcome roadblocks in Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, and related Microsoft tools.
Whether you’re stuck on a DAX formula, trying to streamline a Power Automate flow, or need guidance on the best way to structure your Power Apps solution, our team has seen it before—and knows how to get you moving again.
We offer flexible support packages that fit your pace and workload, from a few hours each month to ongoing advisory services. Every session is hands-on, collaborative, and remote-friendly, so you can share your screen, walk us through the challenge, and leave with a clear, working solution.
Move Beyond Power BI with Microsoft Fabric
Drowning in data spread across multiple systems, making it hard to build reports and see the full picture? Advisicon helps organizations consolidate information into a single, powerful system with Microsoft Fabric.
By breaking down silos, reducing latency, and improving access to data, Fabric empowers teams to unlock insights faster. Data engineers and business analysts gain greater productivity, streamlined workflows, and stronger decision-making. Our team can implement Fabric for you, so you experience the transformation firsthand.
Fabric’s Proven Impact: By the Numbers
Research confirms the business value of Microsoft Fabric. In The Total Economic Impact™ of Microsoft Fabric, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, they found it offered:
379% ROI
over three years
90% reduction
in time spent searching, integrating, and debugging data
$779K in savings
from eliminated infrastructure costs
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is understanding and communicating data important for businesses?
Your data is only as good as your ability to understand and communicate it. Effective data communication is essential for telling the story behind the numbers. Visualization plays a crucial role in translating complex data into meaningful insights.
How does Business Intelligence work in transforming raw data into insights?
Business Intelligence follows four key steps: data collection, analysis, visualization, and decision-making. BI tools, using methods like Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL), aggregate data from multiple sources, analyze trends and inconsistencies through data mining, present findings with data visualizations, and enable organizations to take real-time action on insights.
What scenarios indicate a need for Microsoft Fabric discussions within an organization?
Specific indicators for MS Fabric discussions include the need to integrate data from multiple sources, lack of visibility into operations and finances, the need for quick and efficient access to relevant business data, increasing user volume requiring analytical capabilities, rapid company growth or mergers/acquisitions, introduction of new products, and upgrades within the IT environment.
Why is Microsoft's Power BI mentioned as a solution for Business Intelligence?
Power BI is highlighted as a cloud-based, self-service business intelligence solution from Microsoft. It scales and grows with businesses, allowing consolidation and analysis of data from different sources into reports and dashboards. Its familiarity to Excel users makes it a user-friendly tool for businesses of all sizes.
Can BI and Analytics be accessible for organizations of all sizes?
Yes, as technology has advanced, deployment, licensing, and support options have made it more accessible for organizations of all sizes. Virtually every business can benefit, especially if they face challenges like integrating data from multiple sources or lack visibility into their operations.
How does BI support efficient collaboration and alignment within organizations?
BI makes information sharing efficient and effective across the organization. Having a single, central location allows monitoring of key performance indicators (KPIs), access to reports, analysis of data, and sharing of documents. This centralization supports collaboration, alignment of functional areas, and informed strategic decision-making.
Why is understanding and communicating data important for businesses?
Your data is only as good as your ability to understand and communicate it. Effective data communication is essential for telling the story behind the numbers. Visualization plays a crucial role in translating complex data into meaningful insights.
How does Business Intelligence work in transforming raw data into insights?
Business Intelligence follows four key steps: data collection, analysis, visualization, and decision-making. BI tools, using methods like Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL), aggregate data from multiple sources, analyze trends and inconsistencies through data mining, present findings with data visualizations, and enable organizations to take real-time action on insights.
What scenarios indicate a need for BI discussions within an organization?
Specific indicators for BI discussions include the need to integrate data from multiple sources, lack of visibility into operations and finances, the need for quick and efficient access to relevant business data, increasing user volume requiring analytical capabilities, rapid company growth or mergers/acquisitions, introduction of new products, and upgrades within the IT environment.
Why is Microsoft's Power BI mentioned as a solution for Business Intelligence?
Power BI is highlighted as a cloud-based, self-service business intelligence solution from Microsoft. It scales and grows with businesses, allowing consolidation and analysis of data from different sources into reports and dashboards. Its familiarity to Excel users makes it a user-friendly tool for businesses of all sizes.
Can BI and Analytics be accessible for organizations of all sizes?
Yes, as technology has advanced, deployment, licensing, and support options have made it more accessible for organizations of all sizes. Virtually every business can benefit, especially if they face challenges like integrating data from multiple sources or lack visibility into their operations.
How does BI support efficient collaboration and alignment within organizations?
BI makes information sharing efficient and effective across the organization. Having a single, central location allows monitoring of key performance indicators (KPIs), access to reports, analysis of data, and sharing of documents. This centralization supports collaboration, alignment of functional areas, and informed strategic decision-making.
How does Microsoft Fabric compare to Power BI?
Power BI is a business intelligence tool focused on creating reports, dashboards, and visualizations. Microsoft Fabric, on the other hand, is a complete data platform. It unifies data from different sources, breaks down silos, and streamlines how data is prepared and managed before it’s ever visualized. Fabric and Power BI are complementary—Fabric provides the foundation, and Power BI delivers the insights.
How do I know if I need Fabric or Power BI?
It depends on your challenges:
If your main goal is building reports and visualizations, Power BI may be all you need.
If your data is scattered across systems, slow to access, or complex to integrate, Microsoft Fabric is the better fit.
In most cases, organizations benefit from using both: Fabric as the data backbone and Power BI as the reporting layer.
