For businesses using older Digital Signage hardware, the forthcoming Microsoft Power BI software updates are likely to prove too much to handle and may inadvertently close the door on their ability to display data reports on-screen. It’s a data disaster in the making, but one that can be avoided with Signagelive data integration apps. Our Secure Dashboards and Microsoft Power BI applications are built to help you reliably run your Power BI reports on all your Digital Signage hardware, including your outdated System on Chip (SoC) displays – even in the event of an internet outage. A hassle-free way to save costs, they enable you to give your old Digital Signage screens a new lease of life as dedicated data visualisation solutions. Ideal for those looking to share data insights, key performance indicators (KPIs), and industry reports with teams in real-time.
Why are Signagelive data integration apps different?
Unlike the solutions of most of our content management system (CMS) competitors, Signagelive data integration apps do not rely on your hardware’s browser capability to deliver data to your screens. This may seem like a small detail, but it makes a big difference. When most SoC displays age, their browsers ultimately become incompatible with the ongoing software updates required by the likes of Power BI. This is bad news for your data visualisation, resulting in immediate on-screen data freezes and error messages from the second an update fails to be made.
Microsoft Power BI software updates
It’s a scenario that many businesses are likely to experience, when, from August 31st, the minimum browser requirement for Microsoft’s Power BI will change to Chrome 94, Edge 94, Safari 16.4, and Firefox 93. Below, we have outlined the models, which can have their browsers updated, and those which can’t.
Signagelive data integrations apps
To help you avoid this kind of costly Digital Signage downtime and unexpected data blackout, our data integration apps are designed to bypass your hardware’s browser altogether. They rely, instead, on our own platform’s regularly updated and trusted browser capabilities, which ensure ongoing compatibility with Power BI. They work by taking snapshots of your selected data dashboard that are then downloaded onto the players themselves. What’s interesting is that their method of delivery also happens to offer another benefit, providing greater security than industry standard apps by storing all your credentials and keys in a protected Secure Manager environment. Moreover, with Secure Dashboards and our dedicated Power BI app, you can securely broadcast password-protected dashboards on your screens, without exposing your login credentials or making your data publicly available via URL. For an additional layer of security, the Data Sync Services Application ensures that every player that is sent images is approved to receive them.
What Signagelive data integrations apps can do
With our data integration apps, you can effortlessly immerse your teams in up-to-the-minute data, so they’re able to make better informed decisions. Surface data securely on one, some or all your screens across specific department floors, or across the business as a whole. Our apps are capable of powering ambitious data-driven workplace cultures, enabling you to create more impactful and user-friendly data visualisation strategies by featuring explanatory straplines, videos and imagery alongside your insights. You’re also able to schedule how frequently you’d like the on-screen data to update, whether that’s every five minutes, or every hour, or twenty-four hours.
Secure Dashboards for businesses with multiple data sources
A great option for businesses that rely on multiple data sources, Secure Dashboards enables you to securely scale out and display data dashboards from any business intelligence tool, from Microsoft Power BI and SharePoint to GROW, and Monday.com. It’s a convenient tool that allows you to centralise and co-ordinate an inclusive data visualisation strategy that encompasses data from all your systems.
App for Digital Signage Power BI reporting
If you rely exclusively on Power BI for your data reporting, then our dedicated Power BI app is likely to be the best option for you. Offering a quick, secure and convenient user experience, this app enables you to login directly through the API, using either a one-time password (OTP) authentication, or Multi-factor Authentication (MFA). To help optimise the execution of your data visualisation strategy, the app even offers a feature that lets you preview your Power BI reports and dashboards, before sharing them on-screen.
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