Power BI Weekly Issue 215: 11th July 2023
We've had the first Power BI announcement for a short while, which is that Datasets are now in Power BI Mobile apps which means that you can now refresh your datasets also when you're out and about, which I think is pretty cool. Otherwise this week, Marco Russo has described a method to Read active Power BI security roles in DAX and Chris Webb has shared some insights Performance Testing Power BI Direct Lake Mode Datasets In Fabric.
On the endjin front this week, I've continued my E2E Fabric series with the video Ingesting 5GB into a Bronze Lakehouse using Data Factory - Part 3, and my colleague Ian and I got to sit down and speak to Tom Peplow, a Principal & Director of Product Development at Milliman, discussing how to Hedge your Microsoft Fabric Bet in part 1 of a 3 part "Decision Maker's Guide" series. In this video Tom talks about his perspective on this disruptive technology, what its standout features are, and how to overcome the "Fear of Fabric" present in many organizations and teams. Do check it out.
Data Prep
Covering: Power Query (M), Dataflows, Data connectors, AI Insights
- Mimoune Djouallah (@mim_djo) covers Power BI Direct Lake misconception
- Audrée Pellerin (@lecfomasque) covers Connecter Power BI à votre boite courriel [French]
Data Modeling
Covering: DAX (Measures & Calculated Tables/Columns), Relationships, Analysis Services, Composite models
- Bernat Agulló Roselló (@AgulloBernat) discusses The Calculation Group Paradox and covers Industrializing Calculation Groups
- On the Towards Data Science blog, Nikola Ilic (@DataMozart) writes Devil is in the detail: Become a Power BI champion by thinking out of the box
Report Authoring and Interactivity
Covering: Layout and formatting, Visualizations, Interactivity, Themes, Mobile reports, Dashboards
- Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) discusses Mastering visual interactions | Report design in Power BI, delves into Timeline visual in Power BI: formatting makers, describes Custom labels do not show | Here is how to fix it, talks about Checkmark slicer you have not seen before and describes Fastest way to add icons to Power BI report
- Laura Graham-Brown (@Laura_GB) describes Power BI – Creating a Custom Smart Narrative
- On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science talks about What is a dashboard in Power BI? and describes how to Sync Slicer in Power BI | Link one slicer to another slicer on different report pages in Power BI?
- On the Power BI community blog, Sam Kumar (@inogic) explains how to Develop Paginated Report using Power BI Report Builder
Deployment, Security and Operations
Covering: Workspaces and Apps, Template Apps, Deployment Pipelines, Gateways, Security, Sharing, Licences, Admin operations, Developer Tooling
- On the Power BI blog, Maya Shenhav (@MSPowerBI) announces that Datasets are now in Power BI Mobile apps. You can now refresh your datasets also when you’re on the go.
- Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) writes about Performance Testing Power BI Direct Lake Mode Datasets In Fabric
- On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) covers Reading active Power BI security roles in DAX
- Romain Casteres (@PulsWeb) describes how to Supervise the use of Microsoft Fabric
- On the Prologika blog, Teo Lachev (@tlachev) discusses Power BI Projects and Git Integration: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Miguel Félix covers Power BI Developer Mode (parte 1 de 3) [Portuguese]
General
Covering: Cross-topic announcements & feature summaries, Whitepapers, Community events, Learning Resources & Certifications, Podcasts, Sample reports, End-to-end walkthroughs
Archive
Take a look at historical Power BI articles in our archive of Power BI Weekly newsletters.
Contribute Content
If you would like to contribute any content to the Power BI Weekly newsletter, please email powerbiweekly@endjin.com.