Tableau vs. PowerBI: A Case Study in Transitioning Between BI Tools

Session Abstract: As reporting tools evolve, get acquired, or change pricing, large-scale migrations between BI platforms become inevitable. The more extensive your reporting suite, the greater the effort required to migrate reports from one tool to another. In this session, we’ll share CMU’s early portion of a multi-year journey moving from Tableau to Power BI. We’ll cover what we’ve found to be the pros and cons of each tool, how data modeling and preparation differs between the two tools, what visualizations are easier or more challenging in one versus the other, how we’re planning our reporting migration, and other practical tips and tricks in the tools.

Keywords: PowerBI, Tableau, System Migration, Dashboard, Business Intelligence