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Reporting design consideration - Choosing ER vs SSRS vs PowerBI?

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Hi All, 

I'm looking for answers on what should be the criteria for choosing what platform to use for different types of reporting requirements. For instance 

ER - Good for configurable documents, use it for most customer-facing documents or legal reporting requirements. Microsoft also recommends using ER over SSRS. 

SSRS - Can be used for documents, but it doesn't give configurable powers to the users. It can be used for analytical reports.

PowerBI - Use for analytical reports only. Consider license and pricing. 

What are the general considerations when designing?

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    Martin Dráb 230,846 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Reporting design consideration - Choosing ER vs SSRS vs PowerBI?

    This topic is briefly covered in F&O documentation: Create reporting solutions. There they consider other options too, such as Excel; unfortunately it doesn't include ER.

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