Business Intelligence trends variation and analysis is presented as following:
Ref: https://bi-survey.com/top-business-intelligence-trends
As we can see from preceding picture data preparation and usage of open and external data is considered to be high priority of consideration in the industry.
Following picture depicts that data discovery, preparation, governance, and visualization along with MDM/DQ are the focus areas trending for 2018:
Ref: https://bi-survey.com/top-business-intelligence-trends