Questions and answers
- Why would I use Power BI in the context of Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement?
Answer: Even though Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement applications can create different components for data analysis, such as charts, dashboards, or reports, Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement’s analytical capabilities are limited. Power BI will offer us advanced analytical capabilities, while not giving us the ability to create reports by consolidating data external to Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement.
- What are the most common options for connecting Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement with Power BI for data analysis?
Answer: The most common ways to connect Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement data with Power BI are as follows:
- Power BI templates by which we will have pre-built reports to start working with these
- The native Dataverse connector to connect directly to it
- Connecting through Azure Data Lake after configuring the data export through...