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Custom SQL Reporting to Power BI Migration

Replace the homegrown layer: SQL scripts on schedules, hand-built extracts, and internal report tools become governed semantic models and automated Power BI reporting with full lineage.

Every organization has it: the scheduled SQL jobs emailing CSVs, the internal PHP report page, the scripts only one developer understands. It works until that developer leaves. Then it is an incident.

Migration Outcomes

ScriptsInventoried, documented, and modernized
1 ModelGoverned layer replacing scattered SQL
LineageFull source-to-report traceability
0Undocumented report jobs left
Why Organizations Leave custom SQL reporting

The cost of staying on custom SQL reporting

Key-person risk
The reporting layer lives in one developer's head and one server's crontab.
No documentation
Hundreds of queries with no record of what they feed or who depends on them.
Silent failures
Jobs that stop running and are noticed weeks later when numbers look stale.
Logic duplication
The same business rule implemented five slightly different ways in five scripts.
Security gaps
Service accounts with broad access emailing sensitive extracts as attachments.
No self-service
Every new question becomes a developer ticket.
Migration Mapping

Everything in custom SQL reporting has a modern equivalent

Every component of your custom SQL reporting estate maps to Power BI and Microsoft Fabric. Nothing is left behind, and everything is validated against the original.

custom SQL reporting
Power BI and Microsoft Fabric
Scheduled SQL scripts and jobs
Fabric pipelines and dataflows with monitoring
Business logic in queries
Semantic models with governed DAX measures
CSV and Excel email extracts
Power BI reports and subscriptions
Homegrown report portals
Power BI apps and workspaces
Ad hoc query requests
Self-service on certified models
Cron and Task Scheduler
Orchestrated, monitored pipeline schedules
How We Migrate

A proven 5-stage framework

The same structured methodology behind 1,200+ migrated reports. Validated side by side, documented, and delivered with zero disruption.

1

Assess

Inventory every report, data source, and dependency. Usage analysis identifies what actually matters.

2

Rationalize

Retire duplicates and unused reports. Typically 30 to 50 percent never need migrating.

3

Modernize

Rebuild on Power BI and Fabric with governed semantic models and validated outputs.

4

Govern

Workspaces, row-level security, certified datasets, and documented standards.

5

Enable

Training and handover so your team owns the platform, not a vendor.

Not sure where to start?

The free migration assessment inventories your custom SQL reporting estate, sizes the effort, and gives you a phased roadmap with costs. No commitment required.

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Common Questions

custom SQL reporting migration FAQ

How do you untangle undocumented SQL?

We inventory jobs, parse query lineage, and interview stakeholders to map what feeds what. The output is a documented catalog before anything migrates, often the first complete picture the organization has had.

What happens to duplicated business logic?

Conflicting definitions are surfaced, reconciled with the business, and implemented once as governed measures in the semantic model, ending the five-versions-of-margin problem.

Will scheduled extracts keep working during migration?

Yes. Existing jobs run untouched until each replacement is validated and cut over, consumer by consumer, so nobody loses a report they depend on.

What does the business gain beyond continuity?

Self-service on certified models, monitored refresh with alerting, access control instead of emailed attachments, and lineage from source to visual.

How long does this take?

Depends entirely on estate size. A typical portfolio of 30 to 80 scripts and reports modernizes in 3 to 6 months, mapped precisely in the free assessment.

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