Context
A property management company's ops director spent 12 hours every week pulling data from 4 systems into a master Excel report. The report was always 48 hours behind and contained frequent formula errors.
Field Services
Field Operations Reporting Dashboard
Eliminated 12 weekly hours of manual reporting. Dashboard is live within 4 hours of any field event.
Solution
Built a live Power BI dashboard connected directly to all 4 source systems via Azure Data Factory pipelines. Role-scoped views for field supervisors, ops directors, and executives. Automated refresh every 4 hours.
Constraints
- • Two source systems lacked stable primary keys and required synthetic identifiers.
−12 hrsReporting hours/week
4 hrsData latency
Week 1
Source audit
Validated source quality, refresh windows, and KPI definitions.
Weeks 2-3
Model + pipeline
Created normalized operational model and incremental refresh jobs.
Week 4
Dashboard launch
Published role-specific dashboards and monitoring alerts.
Timeline
4 weeks
Stack
Power BIAzure Data FactoryAzure SQLPower Automate