K4 Analytics - Technical Preview
by K4 Analytics Ltd
Spreadsheet visual for business users to write back data, plan, and capture inputs.
K4 Analytics
K4 Analytics turns Power BI into a live planning and data collection platform.
Trusted by global organizations, K4 enables users to natively write back into Power BI, leveraging the familiar Excel-style interface and collaborating across departments in real-time, eliminating the need for disconnected spreadsheets, manual uploads, and data replication.
K4 enables seamless alignment between planning, reporting, and analysis — empowering teams to work confidently within the tools they already know and trust, unlocking enterprise-grade capabilities such as advanced data entry, allocations, modelling, version control, scenario management, consolidation, and workflow — all natively embedded inside Power BI.
Key Capabilities Include:
- Native Power BI write-back
 - Leverage Excel-style interface
 - Re-use existing Excel models & logic
 - Budgeting / Planning / Forecasting / Consolidation
 - Multi-level write-back (top-down, bottom-up, middle-out)
 - What-if scenarios & version control
 - Workflow approvals, comments & audit trails
 - Driver-based allocations
 - Seamless integration with Microsoft ecosystem (Power BI, Excel, Fabric, Azure, SQL, etc.)
 - Secure, governed, enterprise-ready
 
Use Cases
- FP&A / xP&A – Budget, forecast, and plan directly in Power BI
 - Sales Forecasting – Input sales data and model pipeline scenarios
 - Operational Planning – Plan resources, production, and capacity
 - Workforce Planning – Align HR and business on headcount and costs
 - Project Budgeting – Manage project costs, timelines, and resources
 - Top-Down & Bottom-Up – Align strategy with team-level inputs
 - Zero-Based Budgeting – Granular cost planning with full transparency
 - Data Collection – Use structured forms for business-wide inputs
 - Strategic Planning – Set, track, and align long-term goals with operational plans
 
Try it today
  Install the K4 Visual for Power BI and experience enterprise-grade planning and write-back directly inside your dashboards.
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Visual capabilities
- Can access external services or resources