Writeback Solution
Transform Dashboards into interactive tools
Clouds On Mars provides Power BI Writeback Solutions that transform dashboards from static reporting into fully interactive planning and collaboration tools. By enabling users to enter, update, and validate data directly in Power BI, organizations can achieve real-time decision-making, seamless collaboration, and more efficient business processes.
Explore Implementation OptionsSolution Overview
Writeback turns Power BI from a system of insight into a system of action. Teams capture decisions where they see the data, trigger controlled workflows, and persist changes to enterprise stores — all inside the report experience. It fits your stack end‑to‑end: Microsoft 365 for quick starts, Dataverse/SQL for line‑of‑business processes, and Microsoft Fabric for pro‑code, scalable data engineering.
The Problem
Many decisions still happen outside BI. Numbers are copied to spreadsheets or forms, approvals move by email, and related tickets or documents live in separate tools. This creates version drift, manual re‑keying, delays, and limited auditability — exactly when speed and accuracy are critical.
Our Solution
Clouds On Mars Power BI Writeback turns reports into action surfaces. Teams can capture inputs, adjust plans, raise tickets, or send documents directly in the report. Business rules and validations guide users; approvals provide control; and data persists near real time to your target store (Dataverse, SQL, or Microsoft Fabric) under Microsoft security and roles.
The impact is straightforward: faster meetings with decisions made on the spot, fewer errors from double entry, and a single source of truth that connects planning, execution, and analytics. Our modular options — from license‑free starting points to pro‑code Fabric workflows — let you start quickly and scale confidently as your needs grow.
Experience the Solution Live
Explore interactive mock flows — Rating, Ticket, Document, and Comment Entry — all driven by context‑aware filters with full audit trace.
Tip: Click any demo tile below to experience the workflow live.
Implementation Options
Limited Options – Fast & Simple
Full Options – Flexible & Scalable
Premium Option – Advanced & Specialized
ROI Estimator
Pick a scenario matching the demo flows and adjust numbers to your reality. We calculate monthly benefits, costs, and payback.
Monthly Benefits
- ▹ Time savings: USD 2,165
- ▹ Error avoidance: USD 1,732
- ▹ Total benefit: USD 3,897
Monthly Costs
- ▹ Infra + platform: USD 240
- ▹ One‑time amortized: USD 500
- ▹ Total monthly cost: USD 740
ROI & Payback
- ▹ Net monthly: USD 3,157
- ▹ ROI (monthly): 427%
- ▹ Payback: 1.6 months
Pricing
Our approach separates licensing, infrastructure, and implementation so you retain cost control. We first reuse what you already own in your Microsoft estate, then layer only the minimum Azure services required for secure, governed writeback. Implementation is packaged into clearly defined delivery modules – no open‑ended T&M surprises.
Licensing
Choose what you already own – minimise new spend
- ▹ Power BI / Fabric capacities you already run (P / F SKUs, or embedded)
- ▹ Optional Dataverse / Power Apps (per app or pay‑as‑you‑go) only for low‑code path
- ▹ No mandatory third‑party SaaS fees – fully Microsoft stack
- ▹ Scale out gradually: start with a single capacity, expand by workload
We design to reuse existing tenant entitlements first.
Microsoft/Azure Infrastructure
Elastic – pay only for active compute and licensing
- ▹ Core: App / Function / Container Apps + Key Vault + Storage + (optional) Azure SQL
- ▹ Ephemeral processing for validation & governance (serverless first)
- ▹ AI enrichment optional: Azure OpenAI charged per usage tokens
- ▹ Observability: Log Analytics + Application Insights (ingestion tuned)
Typical steady‑state infrastructure with low 3‑digit USD / month costs.
Implementation Services
Fixed‑scope accelerators – transparent timeline
- ▹ Discovery & Solution Blueprint (1–2 weeks)
- ▹ Core Writeback Enablement Sprint (2–3 weeks)
- ▹ Advanced Governance / AI Validation (optional 1–2 weeks)
- ▹ Knowledge Transfer & Handover workshop
Engagement can pause after core sprint – modular expansion later.
Example scenario: A governance‑heavy tenant starts with existing Fabric F64 & Power BI Premium capacity. We deploy a serverless function layer, lightweight validation service, and secure metadata store. Only incremental cost becomes AI enrichment (if enabled) plus marginal storage + logging – often below the cost of adding a single traditional planning tool license.
Commercial flexibility: Start with a pilot (single business unit) then extend to forecasting, commentary, or ticket consolidation workloads without re‑architecting. Each added use case reuses the same validation & audit backbone – compounding ROI.
All estimates indicative only – final sizing reflects your regional pricing, reserved capacity choices, and workload intensity. Detailed TCO model available during Discovery.