DataVerse / PowerBI

[CedarTree]

Has anyone explored using DataVerse? And/or PowerBI? I have questions please.

 

[CJ_London]

@GPGeorge is probably the most knowledgeable here - putting the @ in front of his name should draw his attention.

I have had a look on behalf of a couple of my clients, but they were put off by the licensing costs.

 

[theDBguy]

Power BI, yes. Data Verse, no. What's your question?

 

[CJ_London]

also worth looking at the links at the bottom of this thread

 

[GPGeorge]

I know a thimble-full about Dataverse because I'm bored with regular, useful stuff. What's your question? I may have an opinion, or even useful information.

 

[GPGeorge]

@GPGeorge is probably the most knowledgeable here - putting the @ in front of his name should draw his attention.

I have had a look on behalf of a couple of my clients, but they were put off by the licensing costs.

In my experience, the licensing costs are the biggest hurdle to adoption. If you have a large enough budget, Dataverse can be an improvement over SharePoint lists. If I had to choose, though, I'd select a $5/month SQL Azure database--which can scale up, of course--instead.

 

[CedarTree]

Thanks all.
Current set-up: Access front-end connected to SQL server on Azure server
Wondering if DataVerse is as powerful as a front-end (user-friend forms, VBA capability, etc.) - does it work as an Access replacement? or more of a back-end storehouse?
For PowerBI, just want to confirm what I think is true... that it serves more for data analysis, but not app/front-end development per se.

 

[CJ_London]

Wondering if DataVerse is as powerful as a front-end (user-friend forms, VBA capability, etc.) - does it work as an Access replacement? or more of a back-end storehouse?

The latter, it is only about the back end

 

[theDBguy]

For PowerBI, just want to confirm what I think is true... that it serves more for data analysis, but not app/front-end development per se.

Power BI is primarily a "dashboard" creator. So yes, you can only use it to read and analyze existing data.