{"id":9767,"date":"2024-10-09T09:03:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ties\/?p=9767"},"modified":"2025-12-10T13:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:24:57","slug":"power-bi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ties\/power-bi\/","title":{"rendered":"Power BI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-microsoft-power-bi\">What is Microsoft Power BI?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is Power BI?\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yKTSLffVGbk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click play to watch the What is Power BI video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Microsoft Power BI<\/strong> is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors that work together to turn your unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights. 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