Seamless Backend Platform Transition: Power BI Enablement for a Leading FMCG Organization

In the arena where organizations scale their multicloud adoption, Infolob has implemented Microsoft’s PowerBI for a leading FMCG organization. This approach proves our expertise into multicloud technologies where we re-engineer analytics layer with zero disruption and seamless transition from backend platform.  

Overview

One of the most prominent FMCG conglomerates has relied completely on Power BI that runs on legacy backend platform with stakes mounting high. This has paved the way for disruptions, impacting business continuity.  

Being the rangers of multicloud infrastructure, Infolob engineering teams and experts have performed enterprise data modernization, making it a critical transformation scenario for the customer. This transformation ensured overall continuity, greater performance, and a future-ready analytics platform.  

FMCG Industry Modernization with Multicloud Expertise

In today’s highly technological landscape, FMCG enterprises have complex technology ecosystems. Data received from supply chain run on one cloud, CRM systems work on another, and ERP platforms might be on yet another. When enterprises operate more than one cloud, data becomes fragmented and siloed. Welcome to the most modernized analytics and reporting layer that streamlines everything and consolidates data without complexities in the backend to business users – Power BI.  

This is our strategic differentiator: Power BI isn’t a standalone enablement we enable for enterprises; it’s a multicloud data integration challenge that decouples the analytics layer from backend dependencies. This is where we position organization for future scalability across cloud environments.  

Power BI Capabilities

Power BI is the organization’s primary enterprise data consolidation and reporting platform where business leaders and operational teams drive decision-making.  

Our team has delivered Power BI implementations, establishing strong capabilities across: 

  • Enterprise Power BI dashboard development 
  • Centralized and reusable Power BI datasets 
  • Secure Power BI Gateway configuration 
  • Dataset refresh scheduling and orchestration 
  • Backend platform transitions with no report impact 
  • Executive KPI validation and business sign-off 

Power BI remains the single, trusted analytics interface for users across functions. 

Key Challenges Addressed

The engagement placed three interconnected challenges at the forefront, demanding deep technical expertise and meticulous execution.  

Backend Platform Transition Without Business Disruption 

The organization’s Power BI reports were dependent on a legacy analytics platform. The datasets, queries, and refresh logic were all architected around the existing backend. Any migration misstep would cascade directly into executive dashboards, eroding confidence in the numbers leadership relied upon daily. 

Performance & Refresh Reliability 

The existing setup suffered from long refresh windows and occasional failures. This was a growing liability as data volumes scaled. The organization needed a measurable performance uplift to support expanding analytics use cases. 

Business Confidence in Data 

Trust was the most critical challenge as it was coupled with KPI definitions, historical accuracy, and the nuances of metrics calculation that have been built over the years. Any discrepancy in this process would compromise the credibility of entire analytics platform.  

Our Engineered Approach Aimed for Zero Disruption

Drawing on experience across Oracle Cloud, Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud environments, INFOLOB’s team executed a structured, validation-driven approach that treated the Power BI layer as a mission-critical production system. 

  • Dataset Reconfiguration: Reconfigured Power BI datasets for the modern cloud data warehouse without modifying a single report or visual. It was a clean abstraction that insulated business users entirely.  
  • Query and Refresh Optimization: Optimized dataset queries and refresh logic for performance and stability, eliminating long refresh windows and reducing failure rates significantly. 
  • Enterprise Gateway Implementation: Deployed and configured a secure enterprise Power BI Gateway, establishing reliable and governed connectivity between cloud data sources and the Power BI service. 
  • Parallel KPI Validation: Conducted rigorous parallel validation, reconciling every KPI across the old and new backends to ensure data accuracy and historical consistency before cutover. 
  • Zero-Downtime Rollout: Executed the production rollout with zero downtime and no user retraining as business users continued working without ever noticing the platform had changed underneath. 

Business Outcomes:

  • 100% continuity of Power BI dashboards during platform transition 
  • Improved dashboard performance and refresh success rates 
  • Reduced operational overhead and support incidents 
  • Stronger trust in executive and operational KPIs 
  • Power BI positioned as a scalable, future-ready enterprise BI platform 

Strategic Value

We have established a repeatable blueprint that positions the organization for sustained analytics modernization. 

Power BI now abstracts backend complexity entirely from business users, enabling faster onboarding of new dashboards and analytics use cases without infrastructure dependencies. The centralized dataset architecture and enterprise gateway create a governed, scalable foundation that supports growing data volumes and expanding user bases. Most importantly, the approach is inherently multicloud-ready with future backend transitions, cloud migrations, or hybrid deployments following the same proven playbook with minimal risk. 

Conclusion

For enterprises navigating multicloud complexity, this engagement offers a clear proof point that the right partner can modernize your data infrastructure without ever disrupting the insights that drive your business. 

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