DA Intelligence
Assessment times, backlog and exhibition reporting for development applications, in Power BI.
DA Intelligence collects development application data from your council system and the NSW Planning Portal into a Microsoft Fabric lakehouse, and reports on it in Power BI.
How development application reporting works in Power BI
The figures a planning director needs sit in more than one place. Lodgement data is in the Planning Portal, assessment progress is in the council system, and the monthly report is built by hand in a spreadsheet.
DA Intelligence loads data from your council system and the Planning Portal into a Microsoft Fabric lakehouse on a schedule. Power BI reports read from it. Planners and managers get the same figures from the same place, without a manual export.
Lodgements and determinations
Volumes by application type and period, and how applications were determined.
- Lodgements by type
- Determinations
- Trends over time
Assessment time
Days taken by application type, stage and assessing team.
- Days by type
- Time in each stage
- By team
Backlog and age
Applications still open, grouped by how long they have been open.
- Open applications
- Age bands
- Stop-the-clock periods
Exhibition
Applications currently on exhibition, closing dates and submissions received.
- On exhibition now
- Closing dates
- Submissions received
What DA reporting on Fabric changes
One source of figures
Everyone reads the same numbers from the same lakehouse.
No monthly rebuild
Reports refresh on a schedule, so no one rebuilds them by hand.
Planning Portal data included
Portal and council system data sit together, so you can compare them.
Who uses DA Intelligence
Built for:
- Planning and development directors
- Planning managers and team leaders
- Council executives and councillors
- Data and business intelligence teams
Runs on
- Microsoft Fabric
- Power BI
- Microsoft Azure
Built to align with
- Designed for IRAP PROTECTED environments
- Australian Privacy Principles
- Essential Eight aligned
Accelerate Your Desired Outcomes
Clients choose us because we:
- Are certified Microsoft experts.
- Take a holistic approach to understand your business needs and bridge the gaps with the right tools and solutions.
- Collaborate with you and prioritise your input to ensure a client-centric approach.
- Operate with agility and speed, thanks to our small teams and 2-week sprint model.
- Start developing on day 1 to get results quickly.
- Focus on delivering outcomes, not just scope, to ensure we meet your goals.
- Offer cost-effective solutions that enable you to reach your goals faster.
- Stay flexible and open to new and better ways of doing things to continually improve your business processes.
- Are proudly Australian owned and operated.
Frequently asked questions
What does DA Intelligence report on?
- It reports on lodgement volumes, assessment days by application type, backlog age, applications on exhibition and determinations. Reports are built in Power BI, and we can adjust them to the measures your council tracks.
Where does the data come from?
- From your council system and from the NSW Planning Portal. A scheduled load copies it into a Microsoft Fabric lakehouse, and the Power BI reports read from there. Your council system is not changed.
Do we need Microsoft Fabric?
- The lakehouse runs on Microsoft Fabric, so you need a Fabric capacity. If your council already has Power BI, we can often use it. We confirm the setup and licensing in discovery.
Can the reports support statutory DA reporting?
- They give you the underlying figures, such as assessment days and determinations, from the same data you already hold. Your team still checks and submits statutory returns. We can match report definitions to the return you need.
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