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In this guide, we'll be covering the Inforiver Reporting Matrix and Writeback Matrix. A quick introduction to the two products is given below. For more details, refer to the links or the .
- For management, financial, IBCS, and paginated reporting, data exploration, excel-like pivot analysis, visual-level formula calculations, what-if analysis, simulations, forecasting, and formatted export to PDF/Excel. The Reporting Matrix is a Microsoft-certified visual.
- For advanced data input (forecasts, text, drop-down lists, etc.), writeback, commenting & collaboration, report scheduling & bursting. Highly useful for use cases such as what-if analysis, simulations, sales forecasting, planning, forecasting, budgeting, and more. Comes in two editions – SaaS and On-Premise.
You can try Inforiver for free or purchase licenses through the two ways listed below:
Microsoft appsource - for seamless license procurement and administration using Microsoft's framework and for use in Power BI Desktop and Service
Inforiver website - for free trials without credit card, license purchase for use in Power BI Report Server, or Embedded or OEM applications
Inforiver Reporting Matrix and Writeback Matrix visuals can be downloaded from Appsource. Free trials are available through Microsoft Appsource only for certain pricing tiers.
Follow the steps to download a free version (only for Power BI Desktop). Note: Search for “Inforiver” in the import AppSource visuals section:
To purchase and manage licenses through Microsoft , read this . Navigate to the Appsource admin portal:
For FAQs on Microsoft Appsource purchase, visit this and this .
The latest features and hotfixes are available on the Inforiver website before they are released on AppSource. You can download and install the Reporting Matrix and Writeback Matrix visuals directly from the website if you do not require certified visuals.
The visual is already embedded with a unique dynamically generated license key for paid subscriptions - you do not have to enter any license key in the visual.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
Ensure there are no spelling mistakes/typos in the mail ID used for registration.
If that doesn’t work, reach out to your IT team and ask them to whitelist the domain at the firewall level. You will start receiving subsequent emails from us in your inbox.
There are 2 different methods to deploy Inforiver in Power BI:
You can use this option to install the visual on your own in the Power BI desktop or service, without help from your IT or Power BI administrator.
You must share the Inforiver build file (.pbiviz file) with additional report authors/creators if they need to use Inforiver.
In the future, when there is a newer version of Inforiver, you need to follow the same process to update each of your reports.
Under this option, your Power BI Administrator uploads Inforiver to the Organizational Custom Visual (OCV)
Once uploaded, the custom visual becomes available to all users within your organization who log on to Power BI. You need not share the build file (.pbiviz file) with every creator, they do not have to individually install or update visuals.
Any future updates done to the visual – when uploaded to the repository by the administrator – will automatically update all the reports in your organization.
In the next section, we'll look at installing Inforiver.
You will receive an email with a link to download the visual as a .pbiviz file if you have registered for a trial of the or from the Inforiver website or have a ,
Your download link has expired. Please verify your email at to access the new download link.
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If you are still having difficulties, reach out to us .
If you have any other queries, reach us through the . Paid customers can also email the Inforiver support team (mentioned in your purchase email).