How To Add Power Bi In Excel

How to add Power BI in Excel

To add Power BI functionality in Excel, you need to follow these steps:

1. Open Excel and go to the “Insert” tab in the ribbon.
2. Click on the “Get Add-ins” button in the ribbon, which will open the Office Add-ins store.
3. In the Add-ins store, search for “Power BI” using the search bar.
4. Click on the “Add” button next to the Power BI add-in to install it.
5. Once installed, you can find the Power BI icon in the “Home” tab of the Excel ribbon.
6. Click on the Power BI icon to open the Power BI pane.
7. In the Power BI pane, you can create new Power BI reports, import data, or connect to existing Power BI dashboards.
8. You can also use the Power BI pane to pin visualizations from Excel to your Power BI dashboards.

Here’s an example of how you can use Power BI in Excel:

1. Let’s say you have a large dataset in Excel that contains sales information.
2. You can install the Power BI add-in as described above.
3. Open the Power BI pane in Excel and select the range of cells containing the sales data.
4. Click on the “Create report” button in the Power BI pane, which will open the Power BI Desktop.
5. In the Power BI Desktop, you can build interactive reports and visualizations based on your Excel data.
6. You can add different visualizations like charts, tables, and maps to represent your sales data.
7. Once you have created the report, you can save it and publish it to your Power BI account.
8. Now, you can access the report in Excel or any other Power BI tools to analyze and share the sales information.

That’s it! You have successfully added Power BI functionality to Excel and created a report based on your data.