Microsoft Power BI is a powerful platform to analyze and display data collected and engineered by a shop floor data collection process. Power BI is not ideal for developing a shop floor data collection system because it lacks real-time connectivity to your shop floor, and data sizes are limited within Power BI. An ideal solution would be to use Power BI along with your dedicated Shop Floor data collection solution, such as 10in6, which collects, engineers, and optimally stores your data for you.