BI Consulting Services

From Raw Data to Actionable Dashboards

Mi4's BI consulting team handles the full spectrum of dashboard work — from defining the right KPIs for your operation to building, deploying, and maintaining production-grade Power BI solutions.

Custom Dashboard Development

We design and build Power BI dashboards from scratch — tailored to your well data, reporting structure, and the decisions your team needs to make. No generic templates, no guesswork.

Production performance dashboards
Financial & LOE dashboards
Executive summary views
Field operations dashboards

KPI Strategy & Design

Most operators have too much data and not enough insight. Mi4 helps you define the right KPIs — the metrics that actually drive decisions at every level of your organization.

KPI discovery workshops
Role-specific metric frameworks
Benchmark & target setting
Alert threshold recommendations

Data Modeling & DAX Development

A great-looking dashboard built on a bad data model won't survive contact with your real operations. Mi4 builds the underlying data model and DAX calculations that make your dashboards accurate and performant at scale.

Star schema data modeling
Custom DAX measures & calculations
Power Query data transformation
Performance optimization

Power BI Embedded Integration

Already have a production management system, operator portal, or internal web app? Mi4 can embed Power BI reports directly inside your existing applications — giving users live analytics without leaving their workflow.

Embed in web apps & portals
Row-level security by user / lease
Token-based authentication
Branded & white-labeled delivery

Data Source Connectivity

Your data lives in many places — production databases, accounting systems, SCADA historians, spreadsheets. Mi4 connects all of them into a unified Power BI data model so you see the complete picture in one dashboard.

SQL Server, Azure SQL
Enertia, WolfePak, Quorum
SCADA historians & OSIsoft PI
Excel, SharePoint, REST APIs

Ongoing Maintenance & Enhancement

Dashboards aren't set-and-forget. As your operations grow, data sources change, and leadership requests new views, Mi4 maintains and enhances your dashboard library — on a retainer or project basis.

Monthly refresh schedule management
New report & page additions
Data source updates & schema changes
User training & onboarding

Example Dashboards

Dashboards Built for O&G Operations

We build the dashboards your operation actually needs — not generic BI templates with oil-themed icons. Here are examples of what Mi4 delivers.

Gross Oil

14,290

↑ 3.2%

Active Wells

847

↑ 12

Water Cut

38%

↑ 2pts

Daily BOE production trend · Drill down by field, basin, operator

LOE / BOE

$12.40

↓ $0.80

Netback

$42.60

↑ 5.1%

AFEs Open

14

3 overrun

Cost Category

Budget

Actual

Chemicals

$48K

$44K

Workover

$120K

$148K

LOE by category · AFE status · Revenue vs. expenses

Avg Decline

8.2%

30-day avg

Alert Wells

12

>15% decline

Shut-in

23

wells

Decline curves · IP tracking · Outlier detection

Data Entered

98.2%

today

Missing

15

wells

Late Syncs

3

pumpers

Data completeness by route

Route A

100%

Route B

85%

Data entry completeness · Pumper productivity · Route coverage

Our Process

From Kickoff to Live Dashboard in Weeks

Mi4's BI consulting process is built around fast delivery and continuous refinement — not multi-month engagements that deliver a static PDF at the end.

1

Discovery

We learn your data sources, current reporting pain points, and the decisions you need dashboards to support.

2

KPI Design

We define the metrics, dimensions, and drill-path that turn your data into the right answers for each audience.

3

Data Modeling

We connect your data sources, build the model, and write the DAX calculations that power your dashboards.

4

Build & Review

We build dashboards in sprints with regular reviews — so you're giving feedback on real work, not wireframes.

5

Deploy & Train

We deploy to your Power BI workspace, set up refresh schedules, and train your team on how to use what we built.

Why Mi4 for BI

We Know Oil & Gas. We Know Power BI.

Most BI consultants know the tool. Most O&G consultants know the industry. Mi4 knows both — and has been doing this since 2007. When we talk about decline curves, allocation methods, or LOE per BOE, we don't need you to explain what that means.

Microsoft AppSource Publisher

Mi4 was one of the first oil & gas companies to publish a Power BI application on Microsoft AppSource — recognized by Microsoft for industry-specific BI excellence.

Domain-First Design

Every dashboard we build starts with your operations, not a template library. We design around the decisions your team actually makes, not generic metrics.

Integrated with Productioneer

If you're a Productioneer subscriber, Mi4's BI team can build directly on your production data — no export, no ETL, just live dashboards on your live data.

Data → Insight Flow

SOURCE

Productioneer

SOURCE

Enertia

SOURCE

SCADA

Mi4 Data Model

Azure SQL · Power Query · DAX

EXECUTIVES

Production Overview

FINANCE