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Spreadsheet visual for business users to write back data, plan, and capture inputs.
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 data replication, disconnected spreadsheets, manual uploads, and and data replicationerror-prone / time-consuming data consolidation.
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 within the 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
• IBP – Integrated Business Planning
Try it today
Install the K4 Visual for Power BI and experience Enterprise-grade planning and write-back directly inside your dashboards.
Need help getting started? Contact us to book a personalized demo.
Visual capabilities
When this visual is used, it
- Can access external services or resources
At a glance
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