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Independent Power BI consulting: a health check of reports, data and licenses Leadership decides with Power BI. Is the number it sees today's number?

We review the state of your Power BI (a health check) and tell you which reports show a wrong number and which licenses nobody opens. We don't sell licenses.

You get the reports with broken data and the licenses you can reclaim. Scope and timeline are in writing before we start.

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Who it is for

  • A number in a report didn't add up in a meeting
  • You pay for Power BI licenses and don't know how many are used
  • There are published reports nobody maintains

You don't need it if you have few reports, the people who use them maintain them and you know who holds each license.

Your report looks perfect even when the data is wrong

A Power BI dashboard always shows a number. When the refresh fails or the source breaks, the number is still there, with the same presentation and wrong data, and the decision gets made anyway. Data leaders surveyed by Salesforce in 2025 estimate that 26% of their organization's data is untrustworthy. It is the respondents' own estimate, and Salesforce sells a data platform.

26%

company data its data leaders do not trust

Salesforce, 2025 survey, 2026 report

What we review in your Power BI: refreshes, sources, licenses and usage

  • Refreshes that fail or run late
  • Reports that read broken sources
  • Licenses with no activity
  • Inactive users and access
  • Unused reports and workspaces

The control points of these five reviews are not counted yet, so we publish no figure: the scope is agreed in writing for each case.

Technologies covered

  • Power BI

Trademarks and logos belong to their respective owners. Their use here is descriptive only and implies no commercial relationship or sponsorship.

How it works

  1. Meeting and written scope

    In 30 minutes we look at which reports leadership looks at and how many licenses you have. Then you get the scope and timeline in writing.

  2. Read-only health check

    We check whether refreshes finish correctly, whether sources are still current and who uses each license. We change nothing unless you ask.

  3. Report and results meeting

    You get which reports read broken data and which licenses you can reclaim, each point with its evidence. We go through it with your team.

What we need from you

  • A read-only user in your Power BI
  • Someone who knows your reports and their sources
  • The reports leadership looks at, so we start with them

How we work

What you get

  1. Reports with broken or stale data
  2. List of licenses you can reclaim
  3. List of users and access nobody needs
  4. One-page executive summary for leadership

How a finding arrives

Priority: High

Report reading a source that stopped refreshing

Where
Leadership sales dashboard
Evidence
The source's last successful refresh was days ago
Impact
The number leadership sees is not today's

An example of the report format, not a client's.

Shall we talk about your case?

A 30-minute meeting to see what you have and what to review first.

Book a free meeting

Expert review, automated tool or the AI itself

All three are useful, each for one thing. AI brings the volume and people bring the judgment: that is why our review uses an automated AI tool and senior developers supervise it.

See the full comparison

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Who reviews

The review is done by a team of senior developers, with many hours of development and of finding the mistakes AI makes when it codes. We know more than 1,200 review points. The automated AI tool goes through them, and people verify, direct and review.

Team of senior developers

José María Salido, founder of Sondeon, answers for it

  • AI brings the volume: it goes through the known review points
  • People bring the judgment: they verify every finding before it goes into the report
  • The result is explained in a meeting with your team
Who answers for it: José María Salido, on LinkedIn

Frequently asked questions

What does a Power BI consulting firm do, and is this the same thing?

A Power BI consulting firm usually builds your reports. This is the review part: we measure which reports read broken data, which refreshes fail and which licenses nobody opens.

How do I know if a Power BI report has wrong data?

You can almost never tell from the report itself. You find out by checking whether its refreshes finish correctly and whether the sources it reads are still loading current data.

How much does a Power BI license cost?

Microsoft publishes its rates, and they change over time. What we measure is how many licenses you have, how many are really used and which can be reclaimed.

What do you need, and do you change anything in our Power BI?

We need a read-only user and someone who knows your reports. We change nothing unless you ask: the health check looks and measures.

Do you fix the Power BI reports that fail?

Yes, if you ask us to. The diagnosis comes first: each report and each license with its evidence. The fix is separate and only happens if you request it, and your team can also apply it with the list in hand.

What is a Power BI audit for?

It tells you whether leadership is deciding on correct data and whether you are paying for licenses nobody uses. Our periodic health check finds reports with broken data, refreshes that fail and unused licenses, and delivers every finding with its evidence and its priority.

Other services

  • Salesforce health check

    Automations that fail silently, users who have left and unused licenses you keep paying for in your Salesforce org.

  • Microsoft Fabric health check

    Pipelines that feed reports with stale or broken data, and capacity that is paid for but not used.

  • Databricks health check

    Jobs that fail without warning, clusters that cost more than they deliver and users who no longer need access.

  • Microsoft 365 and Azure health check

    Accounts without MFA, guests and apps with more permissions than they need, and Microsoft 365 licenses paid for and not used.

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Request your free meeting

Fill in the form and we email you to set a day and a time. It is 30 minutes to see what you have and what to review first.

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