How to use Datama Detect (Light) in Power BI
Using Datama Detect as a Power BI extension is a great way to make your report more insightful with the benefits of both.
Here is what you get on this page:
- Overview
- Features
- Installation
- Free trial Period
- How to use
- Read your analysis
- Settings
- Support and Resources
1. Overview
This document provides detailed documentation for the “Datama Detect” plugin, a powerful extension for Power BI. This plugin enhances data analysis capabilities by detecting anomalies in KPI trends.
Below is a short intro video
2. Features
- Identification of Anomalies: Find anomalies based on historical volatility with customizable level of confidence.
- Multiple KPIs monitoring: Based on your market equation, find anomalies within unlimited number of KPIs, and correlate with your North Star metric
- Customizable focus: You can set the anomalies to be found only on latest point to get alerted only on most recent changes.
- KPI interest ranking: KPIs with biggest anomalies are flagged first.
- Smart title: Title is automatically written, and you can define the structure.
3. Add the extension into your report
Follow one or the other steps to install the Datama plugin:
- Download the Plugin from the Marketplace:
- Navigate to “Insert” > “More Visuals” > “From appSource”.
- Search for “Detect - Find anomalies”.
- The visual will appear as a new icon in the visualization pane. Click on it to create the visual on the report canvas.
- or Install from the Visualization Pane:
- In the visualization pane, click on the ellipsis (“…”) to import a custom visual.
- Select “Import a custom visual”.
- Choose the Datama visual from the list provided on your account on app.datama.io
- The visual will now appear as a new icon in the visualization pane. Click on it to create the visual on the report canvas.
4. Get a free trial period
Datama extension in Power BI allows you to benefit from all features.
On top of this, the paid version allows you to
- Remove Datama Branding (Background logo and free pop in)
- Let any other viewer of your dashboard to see Datama’s extension
You can get a free trial period of 7 days allowing you to test the full version of the extension by following these steps :
- Click on “Trial version” link of Datama footer
- Click on “Upgrade”
- Create your Datama account
- Get your Trial extension with no engagement, and no credit card required
See here our different plans.
5. Getting started
Once you’ve imported the extension, here is how you can use it.
1. Anomaly dimension: Drag and drop the dimension on which you want to detect anomalies in the appropriate field. This would typically be a Date column
2. KPIs definition: Drag and drop the metrics you want to monitor in the appropriate field. Make sure that you add summable metrics: Datama will compute ratios based on the market equation that you define in the extension settings
3. Custom settings: Click on the “Settings” icon on the top right corner of Datama’s widget. You can adjust the methodology for anomaly detection and define which metric you want to analyse in the market equation pane
4. Save settings: Once you are happy with your settings, in the Power BI side panel, in the “Format your visual” tab, paste the JSON automatically added to your clipboard in the “Config JSON” field.
5. Leave edit mode: In the Power BI side panel, in the “Format your visual” tab, untick the “Edit mode” toggle. Dashboard viewers won’t see the top header and footer anymore, for a smoother experience.
6. Read your Analysis
To discover more about how to use Datama Detect, you can read our dedicated section
7. Advanced Usage
Follow this link to get the full view of the extension Settings.
8. Support and Resources
If you require assistance or have any questions, feel free to reach out. We’re here to help! - 📧 Email: Send us an email at contact@Datama.fr for any inquiries or support issues. - 🌐 Contact Form: Prefer to use a form? Fill out our online contact form, and we’ll get back to you promptly.