BI Cost Assessment · 4 weeks · fixed price
How much is your reporting environment really costing you?
We measure your reports, models, refreshes and platform spend, and show where cost and complexity can come out.
What we look at
Seven areas, one scorecard
| Area | What we check |
|---|---|
| Reports and usage | Who opens what, how often, and what has gone unused |
| Duplicates | Reports and measures that answer the same question in different ways |
| Semantic models | Models with overlapping tables, unused columns, or no active report |
| Refresh and capacity | Refresh schedules, failures and Fabric capacity load |
| Snowflake workload | Warehouse use and query cost driven by your reports |
| Security and access | Workspace access, row-level security and sensitive data exposure |
| Team workload | Where support time goes, from tickets and owner interviews |
What you get
Answers you can take to finance
Savings are shown as low, likely and high ranges. We keep hard savings, like lower platform bills, apart from freed staff time, so the case holds up.
- BI estate scorecard
- Keep / merge / retire list, reviewed with report owners
- Savings ranges with the math shown
- Target design for what stays
- Phased plan and a fixed quote for the next step
Timeline
Four weeks from kickoff to plan
Connect and scan
Read-only access set up. Metadata and usage collected.
Analyze
Duplicates grouped. Costs tied to reports. Owners interviewed.
Design
Keep, merge and retire lists. Target model drafted.
Plan
Savings ranges, roadmap and readout with your leaders.
Access
What we need from you
We work from metadata first: report and model definitions, usage logs and query history. We do not need to copy your business data.
- Read-only Power BI admin or scanner access
- Read-only access to Snowflake usage views
- One owner from BI and one from the platform team
- Short interviews with a few report owners
Questions
Common questions
How is the price set?
It is fixed and agreed before we start. It depends on how many reports and models you have.
We don't use Snowflake. Does this still work?
Yes. The Power BI part works on its own. We cover Fabric or SQL Server sources too.
Is this about cutting jobs?
No. The goal is less busywork for your team: fewer reports to fix and fewer refreshes to watch, so people can do higher-value work.
Do you delete anything?
Not during the assessment. Later, reports are archived only after owners agree and the new numbers match.
How much is your reporting environment really costing you?
In four weeks we measure your reports, models, refreshes and platform spend, and show where cost and complexity can come out. Fixed price, agreed up front.