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Dashboards stay; the delivery changes
Dashboards and semantic models remain essential. Nova does not replace Power BI. The gap is delivery: the same KPI question asked every Monday still forces someone to open a report, find the right page, and paste a screenshot into Teams.
Scheduled insights deliver recurring answers into the Teams conversation your team already uses, grounded in approved models rather than a one-off export.
Reduce repetitive BI and finance requests
BI and finance teams spend time answering the same variance and performance questions. A governed schedule reduces ticket volume while keeping measures and access centralised in the semantic model.
Follow-ups still happen in chat: ask what changed, break down by region, or compare to prior year without starting a new report request.
When a live dashboard is still better
Interactive exploration, complex multi-visual layouts, and pixel-perfect board packs belong in Power BI. Use scheduled insights for the recurring narrative and Teams Q&A for the next question; keep deep analysis in the report.
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