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Spotfire to Power BI Migration Case Study: BI Modernization in the Energy Sector
Problem Statement: Costly Legacy BI & Inefficient Reporting
A Fortune 130 energy company faced mounting challenges with its legacy BI platform, TIBCO Spotfire:
Rising Spotfire license costs
and underutilized report inventory
Inconsistent reporting practices
across departments, limiting trust in insights
Manual report generation and distribution
with files often exceeding 1GB, severely impacting performance and usability
Lack of BI modernization
hindered agility and self-service analytics across the enterprise
The company recognized that its business intelligence landscape was fragmented, costly, and unable to support rapid decision-making at scale.
Impact: High Costs and Low Agility
$500K+ in annual license fees with many unused or redundant reports
Delayed decisions and inconsistent KPIs due to siloed data views
IT resource bottlenecks from managing manual reports
Poor data culture due to lack of trust in insights and tools
Solution: Strategic Migration from Spotfire to Power BI
JBS implemented a structured BI modernization strategy focused on Spotfire to Power BI migration and analytics transformation:
1. Comprehensive Report Audit & Prioritization
Analyzed over 1,000 Spotfire dashboards to identify redundant reports, rank business impact, and define migration complexity tiers.
2. Performance Optimization with SSAS
High-volume reports were re-architected using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) to reduce file sizes and improve loading speed.
3. Power BI Standardization & Automation
Replaced legacy custom controls with Power BI native or 3rd-party visuals.
Scheduled report delivery using Power BI Service, removing manual effort.
Scheduled report delivery using Power BI Service, removing manual effort.
4. Self-Service BI Enablement
Deployed an intuitive Power BI workspace to enable self-service BI and empower users across finance, operations, and strategy teams.
Business Results: Tangible & Strategic Benefits
The migration to PowerBI yielded substantial and quantifiable business benefits:
$500,000 saved in TIBCO license fees
21% reduction in total number of active reports
75% improvement in dashboard load times via SSAS
Fully standardized reporting across departments
Self-service BI adoption boosted data literacy and decision-making speed
Modernized BI culture, fostering data-driven agility
Technology Stack
BI Platforms
Power BI, TIBCO Spotfire
Data Services
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
Data Modeling
DAX, Power BI Datasets
Infrastructure
Azure Cloud Services, Power BI Service
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