Dashboard development
Executive, financial, and operational dashboards built against your real data and embedded in Excel, Teams, and SharePoint.
Pniel Analytics is a Power BI consulting firm in Newark, Delaware, serving organizations in Wilmington, Dover, and the Mid-Atlantic. Based in Newark, DE, about 20 minutes from Wilmington, serving clients across New Castle County and the Wilmington metro. We design the semantic model, write the DAX, and set up governance so your Microsoft reporting stays accurate and easy to maintain.
Power BI is powerful, and it gets messy fast without a solid model underneath. We structure the data model, workspaces, and refreshes so your financial and operational reporting stays trusted, right inside Excel, Teams, and SharePoint.
Where Power BI projects go wrong
Power BI makes it easy to start and easy to create a mess. The common failure points are rarely about the visuals.
- Every analyst writes their own measures, so the same metric returns three different numbers.
- Reports run slowly because the data model was never designed, just imported.
- Nobody owns the workspaces or refresh schedules, so reports quietly go stale.
Power BI services
Everything from a single dashboard to a governed Power BI environment on the Microsoft stack.
DAX & data modeling
A clean star-schema semantic model with reusable DAX measures, so every report returns the same number.
Power Query & ETL
Repeatable data prep and transformations in Power Query, so refreshes are reliable and the model stays clean.
Microsoft Fabric
Lakehouse, warehouse, and semantic-model work in Microsoft Fabric when your reporting outgrows a single file.
Row-level security
Row-level security so each region, team, or client sees only the data they are allowed to see.
Power BI Service setup & governance
Workspaces, scheduled refreshes, deployment pipelines, and access controls so reporting stays trusted as usage grows.
Training & enablement
Hands-on training and documentation so your team can own, extend, and trust the model after handoff.
How a Power BI engagement works
A typical engagement runs 4 to 8 weeks. Discover → Model → Build → Handoff.
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Week 1
Discovery
We map your data sources, reporting needs, and the metrics leadership actually reviews, and agree the scope and timeline.
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Weeks 2 to 3
Model
We design the semantic model, write reusable DAX measures, and build the Power Query/ETL so the numbers stay consistent.
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Weeks 3 to 6
Build
We build the dashboards against your real data, add row-level security, and tune the model for fast load and refresh.
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Weeks 7 to 8
Handoff
We set up the Power BI Service workspace and governance, train your team, document the model, and hand over ownership.
Tools & platforms
Power BIDAXPower QueryMicrosoft FabricPower BI ServiceSQLExcelSharePoint & Teams
What good looks like
- One agreed definition for every core metric, everywhere.
- Reports that load fast and refresh on their own.
- Reporting embedded in the tools your team already uses.
- A governed model your team can grow without a rebuild.
Set up right, Power BI stops being a pile of one-off reports and becomes reporting your whole team can trust.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Power BI consulting cost?
It depends on scope and data complexity. Most Power BI work falls between about $2,500 for a focused single-dashboard build and $30,000 or more for a multi-source, governed environment with semantic modeling and automation. We agree a clear range with you before any work begins.
- How long does a Power BI project take?
Most Power BI builds run 4 to 8 weeks from discovery to handoff, depending on how many data sources are involved and how clean they are. A well-designed data model is usually what makes or breaks the timeline.
- Tableau vs Power BI, which should we use?
If your organization already runs on Microsoft 365, Power BI is usually the natural fit on cost and integration. Tableau can win on advanced visual analytics and large-scale governance. We are certified in both and recommend based on your stack and team, not a sales quota.
- Can you work with our existing Microsoft 365 setup?
Yes. We build on your existing Microsoft 365 and Power BI Service tenant, publishing reports into the workspaces, Teams, and SharePoint sites your team already uses, with refresh and security configured for your environment.
- Do you work remotely or on-site in Delaware?
Both. We are based in Newark, Delaware and work on-site with teams across Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic, including Wilmington, Dover, and the greater Philadelphia area, and remotely with clients nationwide.
Power BI insights & case studies
- Power BI for FP&A: build a minimal dashboard in 5 steps
- A procurement-ready Power BI embedded analytics checklist
- Star vs snowflake schema: cut Power BI latency
- Case study: E-commerce Revenue Optimization (Power BI)
- Case study: Manufacturing Efficiency (Power BI)
- Tableau vs Power BI in 2026: which to pick
- Power BI consulting across Delaware
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Power BI reporting sits on the same data foundation as the rest of our work. The reporting systems in our success stories all run on a defined metric model and integrated sources.
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