# A Governed Power BI Foundation for Trusted Reporting

Elevance built a governed Power BI and Azure SQL reporting foundation for a UK PLC, replacing spreadsheets and ad hoc connections with trusted insight.

**Sector:** Large UK PLC  |  **Scale:** Enterprise reporting

**The challenge**

Management reporting depended on spreadsheets, direct ODBC connections and data extracted from multiple operational systems. Reports were slow to assemble and difficult to govern.

**The Elevance approach**

Elevance designed a reporting foundation using controlled SQL access, common data structures and Power BI.

**What we delivered**

- Defined priority reporting and decision requirements
- Replicated legacy SQL databases into Azure SQL Managed Instances
- Created read-only access to operational data
- Reduced direct and unmanaged system connections
- Designed governed datasets and dashboard structures aligned to data ownership and quality controls

**Business outcomes**

- Faster access to management insight
- Reduced spreadsheet dependency
- More consistent reporting definitions
- Improved confidence in data
- A platform ready for advanced analytics and AI

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Elevance is the business transformation division of Stiperstone Group, based in Telford, Shropshire. We modernise legacy IT estates into secure, cloud-first foundations for UK mid-market and enterprise organisations, measured against business outcomes rather than hours. Elevance is a consultancy that delivers transformation programmes and senior expertise; it is not an outsourced help desk and does not resell software licences.

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