How Visual Studio 2017 Empowers Business Intelligence Professionals
Are you struggling to keep up with the increasing demand for business intelligence solutions in your organization? Do you want to accelerate your data analysis and visualization tasks? Visual Studio 2017 is here to empower you with its powerful set of features!
Introduction
Visual Studio 2017 is a comprehensive development environment that can be used to build a variety of applications, ranging from web apps to mobile apps and desktop apps. In addition to traditional application development, Visual Studio 2017 also provides powerful tools for business intelligence professionals to analyze data and create insightful reports.
What is Business Intelligence?
Business intelligence (BI) is a collection of technologies and processes used to analyze and report on data. BI tools help organizations to gain insights into their data, identify trends and patterns, and make data-driven decisions. BI professionals use a variety of tools to carry out their tasks, including data mining, OLAP (Online Analytical Processing), data cleansing, and data visualization.
How Visual Studio 2017 Helps Business Intelligence Professionals
Visual Studio 2017 provides several features that can help BI professionals to accelerate their data analysis and visualization tasks. Let’s take a look at some of these features:
1. Integration with SQL Server
Visual Studio 2017 provides tight integration with SQL Server, enabling BI professionals to easily create data models and connect to data sources. SQL Server provides several tools such as SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) that can be used with Visual Studio 2017 to build powerful BI solutions.
2. Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
DAX is a formula language used in Power BI, Excel, and SSAS that allows users to define custom calculations and aggregations. Visual Studio 2017 provides a DAX editor that makes it easy for BI professionals to write and edit DAX formulas.
3. Power Query
Power Query is a data connectivity and transformation tool that allows users to connect to a variety of data sources, transform and shape the data, and load it into their BI solutions. Visual Studio 2017 provides an integrated Power Query editor that can be used to query and transform data without writing any code.
4. Data Visualization Tools
Visual Studio 2017 provides several data visualization tools that can be used to create insightful reports and dashboards. These tools include Power BI, R language support, and Chart controls, which can be used to create interactive charts, graphs, and maps.
Examples of Visual Studio 2017 in Action
Let’s take a look at some real-world examples of how Visual Studio 2017 is being used by BI professionals:
1. Power BI Reports
Power BI is a cloud-based business analytics service that provides a suite of tools for analyzing data and creating reports and dashboards. BI professionals can use Visual Studio 2017 to build custom Power BI reports and visualizations, and publish them to the Power BI service for sharing with others.
2. Data Mining with Azure Machine Learning
Azure Machine Learning is a cloud-based platform for building and deploying predictive models. BI professionals can use Visual Studio 2017 to build custom machine learning models, train them on their data, and deploy them to the Azure cloud.
3. Data Visualization with R
R is a powerful statistical computing language that has become popular in the BI community for its data visualization capabilities. Visual Studio 2017 provides support for R language, allowing BI professionals to create custom R visualizations and incorporate them into their reports and dashboards.
Conclusion
Visual Studio 2017 provides a comprehensive set of tools and features that can help BI professionals to accelerate their data analysis and visualization tasks. With its tight integration with SQL Server, DAX editor, Power Query, and data visualization tools, Visual Studio 2017 empowers BI professionals to gain insights into their data and make data-driven decisions. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced BI professional, Visual Studio 2017 has something to offer for everyone!
