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Anonymous
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10 years ago

Difference between Power View and Power BI

Hi, I designed reports with Power View for many years and I want to design usually with Power BI.   I designed the same reports (same filters, same map) and the two app don't create the report. I ...
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kcantor
Community Champion
10 years ago

I beleive the latest incarnation uses Bing Maps as well. Perhaps the older version of PowerView was using less accurate mapping software and this just makes the data appear differently on the new map?

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greggyb
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10 years ago
kcantor, both versions of PV utilize the Bing maps API for plotting geographic data.

The most reliable way of plotting locations is with Lat/Lon measurements, which cannot be misinterpreted by the geolocation algorithms in Bing.
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    edhans
    Community Champion
    9 years ago

    Is there any reason to consider Power View over Power BI today? I am just getting started with Power BI and think there is a lot it has to offer us, but there are some things I think Power View could be beneficial for. For example, a few key KPIs or charts in a set of Financial Statements. Everything the receipient needs is right there in the single Excel workbook.

     

    But I am wondering if Power View is a dead end to be replaced with Power BI?

    I don't really want to have two outputs - Excel Financial Statements and a PBI report/link, but I also don't want to waste time investing in Power View if MS isn't developing it further or EOL's it in the next big rev of Office 365.