Moving to self-service BI

Over the years, BI has undergone significant changes, with new generations of BI systems emerging to meet the evolving needs of businesses. The three waves of BI, namely technical BI, self-service BI, and end user BI, are key milestones in the history of BI.

Let’s take a look at how each wave changed the way we work in BI:

• First wave: Technical BI refers to the early stages of BI when IT staff, developers, and data analysts relied on technical tools to manage and analyze data. These tools were often expensive and required significant technical expertise to use.
• Second wave: Self-service BI refers to the emergence of BI systems that provided business users with more accessible tools to access and analyze data without relying on IT staff or data analysts. Power BI is an example of a self-service BI tool that provides drag-and-drop interfaces and data visualizations to make it easier for non-technical users to work with data.
• Third wave...