We want to discover whether there is demand for adding PowerBI Embedded to Optimization Tooling. And if so, in what form. 

So we are looking for your views and we are looking for potential launching customers or partners.

Context

• PowerBI Embedded is an Azure service for providing PowerBI dashboard inside a web application. It has a subset of the features of PowerBI Desktop.
• We recently released PowerBI Embedded as optional module for our network design and planning product SC Navigator. 

Why would you care?

• It would allow you to provide PowerBI dashboards with all its visualization power and flexibility, as part of an AIMMS application. 
• Optionally you might allow your end users to customize these dashboards (of course they would have to have the necessary skills).

How would it work?

• We would provide:
  • A widget which embeds the PowerBI dashboard inside WebUI
  • Azure PowerBI Embedded service to run inside that iframe widget. Alternatively you can provide that yourself.
  • PowerBI license. Again, you can also provide that yourself. 
  • A mechanism to synchronize data between PowerBI embedded and AIMMS (using Databricks service on Azure).
  • Instructions how to get started.
• You would have to:
  • Configure with DEX the functionality to export data from the AIMMS model to the Databricks service. We will provide instructions for that.
  • Connect the PowerBI Embedded service to the right data inside that Databricks service. We will provide instructions for that.
  • Build one or more dashboard/reports in PowerBI Embedded. 
• We would charge you for:
  • the OT PowerBI Embedded module (subscription)
  • the Azure services we buy for you (cost +)
  • optionally: support in setting this up

Interested?

Would you like to learn more about this potential feature or tell us about your needs or be a launching customer? Please contact me, Jan-Willem van Crevel, on j.w.van.crevel@aimms.com.