Power BI Weekly Issue 21: 20th August 2019
There was a massive turnout for the London PUG last night, where Will Thompson (Program Manager at MSFT) was giving us all an intriguing insight into the Power BI team's planning process and methodology. I believe the recording will be made publicly available at some point - if it is, I'll be posting it in the following newsletter. Aside from the user group this week, Matt Allington has very helpfully described how to view a full list of Power BI Icon Names so that you can refer to them by name in measures, and Erik Svenson has created a Power BI Report to browse and watch sessions from MBAS 2019 using the PowerApp visual, so that you can easily navigate through all the sessions at MBAS and watch the ones that may interest you.
There are a numver of updates this week, including several for Power BI Embedded:
Data Prep
Covering: Power Query (M), Dataflows, Data connectors, Analysis Services
- Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) writes about Tables, Numbers, Immutability And Power Query Performance
- Matthew Roche (@SQLAllFather) writes about Power BI dataflows, Premium, and ADLSg2
- On the Powered Solutions blog, Miguel Escobar (@EscobarMiguel90) talks about Data Profiling, Quality & Distribution in Power BI / Power Query
- Patrick Leblanc (@patrickdba) talks about 6 ways to go bananas with Column from Examples in Power BI
- On the Blue Granite blog, David Eldersveld (@dataveld) explains how to Enrich Power BI with AI Insights from Cognitive Services
- Gilbert Quevauvilliers (@GilbertQue) blogs about Power BI Desktop – How did I connect to Analysis Services using my Power BI Desktop Application when I was outside of the Analysis Services Domain
Data Modeling
Covering: Relationships, Calculated Columns, Calculated Measures, Calculated Tables, DAX
- On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) highlights that The Definitive Guide to DAX second edition now available worldwide
Report Design and Visualizations
Covering: Report layout and formatting, Mobile reports, Native & Custom visuals, R & Python integration, Visual interactions, Report Themes
- The Azure updates team writes that Visual Authoring API for Power BI Embedded now available
- Belinda Allen (@MsBelindaAllen) walks through Underlying data in Microsoft Power BI Visuals
- Marc Lelijveld (@MarcLelijveld) posts Storytelling with Power BI 4/7: Have an interactive experience
- Erik Svensen (@donsvensen) highlights the Power BI Report to browse and watch sessions from MBAS 2019 using the PowerApp visual
- Matt Allington (@ExceleratorBI) highlights the Power BI Icon Names
- On the Power BI community blog, Mike Carlo (@PowerBITips) writes Visual Header vs. Title
Data Exploration
Covering: Dashboards, Quick Insights, Q&A, Filters, Bookmarks, Drill-through
- The Azure updates team announces that the New filters experience is available in Power BI Embedded
- On YouTube, The Power BI team (@MSPowerBI) talks about Power BI Key influencers: Analyzing measures
Deployment, Security and Operations
Covering: Apps and App Workspaces, Template Apps, Datasets, Gateways, Security, Sharing, Licences, REST APIs, PowerShell cmdlets, .NET SDK
- On the Power BI blog, Swati Gupta writes that the Power BI Premium new capacity settings allow for more control over datasets
- Also on the Power BI blog, Maya Shenhav describes how to Access on-prem Report Server from your Power BI Mobile app with Azure Active Directory Application Proxy
- Also on the Power BI blog, Arthi Ramasubramanian Iyer (@ArthiRamasubra1) highlights that the On-premises data gateway August 2019 update is now available
- The Azure updates team highlights that The service principal is now available for Power BI Embedded, highlights that the New tool for automating load testing of Power BI Embedded capacities now available and writes that Recent Rendering performance improvements now available in Power BI Embedded
General
Covering: Public service announcements, Cross-topic feature summaries, Power BI Overviews, Upcoming webinars/events, Power BI Certifications
- On the Power BI blog, Amanda Cofsky (@MissAmandaN) provides the Power BI Desktop August 2019 Feature Summary
- The Azure updates team highlights the New region: Johannesburg (South Africa North) now supports Power BI Embedded
- Adam Saxton (@guyinacube) talks about Power BI Paginated, DAX Fusion, Visuals and more (August 12, 2019)
- Devin Knight (@knight_devin) covers Power BI Monthly Digest – August 2019 with Manuel Quintana
- On the BIFocal podcast, John White and Jason Himmelstein (@bifocalshow) present Episode 113 Summer News Round Up
- Charles Sterling (@chass) shares some Power Platform Training Materials
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