"To generate these same tabular formatted reports with a code-only solution would have taken a lot longer to implement than the Docmosis template-based approach. Docmosis templates were easier to design as we were able to use Microsoft Word to create them. The templates made it easy to make any changes to reports and provided flexibility in our design approach."
"There is flexibility in laying out tables that is akin to UI front-end design."
"Globally, the ability to create document templates in several formats by using a rich syntax is simple and clear to understand."
"The ability to embed, and dynamically repeat, templates within each other is a very simple yet extremely powerful tool."
"Since our initial development, this feature has required very little maintenance. And when changes are requested, it is rather easy to change a Word document template and new staff can be quickly trained to modify a report."
"A new report’s template creation is very often manipulation of a user’s layout of a report. A report can be ready in a day or less, once stored procedures are created as per sections in the report."
"Provides good data flow related to the container and control flow."
"It's a powerful platform."
"Data integration is very useful in Power BI. It lets me collect data from many sources. For example, I can get data from Oracle databases and SQL Server databases at the same time."
"I have found the quick reporting and the conductivity with all the data sources valuable."
"They find Power BI's data pull mechanism to be sufficient and cost-effective, especially considering the stability it provides. In comparison with other solutions, Power BI stands out as a fantastic choice. Therefore, I would definitely recommend sticking with the Pro license."
"Provides a full platform (database, ETL, reporting, analysis, and so on)"
"I have found the most valuable feature of this solution is the Natural Language tool."
"The amount of customization that you can do is good, and it's relatively straightforward to do."
"We are facing new challenges such as internationalization. The next big challenge will be to offer even more date formats and numbers that cover the majority of countries. It will be to also think about features, such as number to text conversion, or the reverse which is currently only available in English but is in great demand by our international customers."
"It would be great to have improved diagnostic and debugging tools. When report templates are complex, sometimes any minor modification needs to be thoroughly tested to ensure that it does not disrupt a previously designed template."
"Version control and restricted access to some users for template editing could be a useful addition."
"The challenge in usage when we developed the reports four years ago was the limited logic that can be applied to manipulate and display data. That functionality was largely transferred over to the database layer in creating the data output that was to be displayed."
"From any improvement perspective, I want the product to be made available to users free of cost...The stability and scalability of the product can be better."
"The performance of Microsoft BI could improve for large datasets and it would be beneficial to have more visualization features."
"Some kind of expression wizard, where the user can build a complex expression without any knowledge of DAX, can be a good addition to the product."
"The upgrade process could be improved."
"I think that they can add more types of charts because the selection on the desktop version is limited."
"These licenses are in US dollars. With a long-term license, the client is unaffected when the exchange rate goes up. However, if the exchange rate goes down, you don't get refunded from the excess money you've paid. I guess that is a risk you take in business."
"You do need to do some hard coding for certain things in Microsoft BI."
"Automation could be improved and performance enhanced."
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Docmosis is ranked 2nd in Document Generation Tools while Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews. Docmosis is rated 9.0, while Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Docmosis writes "Easy to integrate this solution into an existing system". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Power BI writes "A complete ecosystem with an builtin ETL tool, good integrations with python and R, and support of DAX and Power Query (M languages)". Docmosis is most compared with Windward Core, whereas Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE.
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