FAQs

What is PowerBI Robots?

PowerBI Robots is a robot process automation (RPA) tool for Microsoft Power BI that allows users to schedule automatic screenshots of their reports and dashboards and send them via email or to a file system or SharePoint server.

To purchase our solution, please go to our store or contact our support team for more information.

What's the difference between the trial and licensed versions of PowerBI Robots?

The differences between the trial and the licensed version are:

• Presence of a watermark on every report and dashboard screenshot captured by the trial version of PowerBI Robots.

• Automatic playlist changes sync is disabled.

• "Execute Now" playlist option is disabled.

Do I need to know any programming language to use PowerBI Robots?

Anyone with an Office 365 and a Power BI account can use PowerBI Robots. We advise the end user to be an experienced Microsoft Power BI user, although they don't need to know any programming language to operate PowerBI Robots.

What is PowerBI Robots business model?

An annual license of Power BI Robots is 1099€ and is valid for one user (one agent per organization/company is usually enough). It includes a 5-hour maintenance fee and access to all versions and updates.

What are the basic hardware and software requirements to install PowerBI Robots?

• A valid Power BI Pro account

• Server to Install PowerBI Robots Agent

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8

  • Visual C++ runtime 2015-2022

  • 8 CPU cores - Most critical component. It will use all cores available to render simultaneously the reports. You can later add or remove if necessary

  • 8 GB RAM

  • At least 1GB free space on the user’s temp folder (the user configured to render the PowerBI Robots Windows Service). While rendering the reports, this folder will be used to store temporary information

  • Windows Server 2019 or later / Windows 10 or later

Is PowerBI Robots deployed locally or as a service…?

PowerBI Robots consists of two components: a web application (PowerBI Robots web) and a Windows application (which we call PowerBI Robots Agent) installed on the client's infrastructure. The playlists' configuration is done through the web application, allowing the user to select reports and/or dashboards, apply filters, select the sending provider (email, SharePoint, file system or PowerBI Robots Cloud) and set recurrence. Apart from the email used to create an account, DevScope doesn't save any customer data. All sensitive data (PowerBI tokens, email provider configuration or SharePoint, if applied) is saved in the client's infrastructure when using the PowerBI Robots agent meaning that DevScope doesn't have access to any of this information.

Do you have special reseller conditions?

For special reseller conditions, please contact our team at [e-mail].

Are there special conditions for NGO’s/Educational institutions?

Pricing for NGO's/Educational institutions is the retail price minus a 10% discount. To get a special promo code, you must contact our support team prior to the purchase at our store.