Power BI Weekly
Issue #305 - 29th April 2025
Just the one official update that arrived just after last week's edition was compiled, and that's the IntelliSense improvements to DAX query view, which highlights the new autocomplete/pre-selection behaviour to make it writing your code more intuitive (and therefore less frustrating!) Now onto this week's highlighted content: on the data viz side, Davide Bacci has shared a brilliant new Deneb-based Top N & Others Pie Chart visual (Pie Charts aren't always ineffective!), Bas Dohmen has show some smarter Quadrant Charts in Power BI with the latest update of Power BI Desktop, and, outside of Data Viz, Koen Verbeeck has written Part 2 of Power BI Mistakes to Avoid series, sharing some useful information from DAX structure through to security considerations.
🛠️ Data Prep
- On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science (@learn_scitech) explains How to copy data from Excel or CSV file to Power Query?
- Dhruvin Shah (@DhruvinShah16) describes how to Clean Data in Power BI | Episode 03 | Beginner Series Step-by-Step Tutorial
- Lars Schreiber (@SchreiberLars) writes Datum in Power Query verschieben – nur Werktage zählen! [German]
- Parul Sagar (@parulsagar) shares Quick Data Cleaning with Power Query M: Tips & Tricks You Need
🧩 Data Modeling
- On the Power BI blog, Zoe Douglas (@MSPowerBI) highlights the IntelliSense improvements to DAX query view
- Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) talks about SUMMARIZE Isn’t What You Think — Here’s Proof
- On the Microsoft Fabric Café YouTube channel, Mehrdad Abdollahi presents #FabricCoffee with Greg Strzyminski - Simplify your DAX with window functions in Power BI
- Valerie Junk (@porcubi) discusses COUNT vs COUNTROWS - Count table rows in Power BI
- On the Power BI community blog, Anmol Malviya blogs about Displaying Sales Data for the Past 30, 60, and 90 Days in Power BI
- Parul Sagar (@parulsagar) shares a 1-Minute Code Challenge: Can You Catch the Missing Data?
📊 Report Authoring and Interactivity
- Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) describes Quadrant Charts in Power BI – But Smarter. Cleaner. Next Level
- On LinkedIn, Davide Bacci shares a Top N & Others Pie Chart visual
🚀 Deployment, Security and Operations
- On the Bridge All blog, Zopaash Iqbal describes Power BI Pricing Update 2025
🌐 General
- On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@RADACAD_COM) presents Microsoft Fabric Product Team Interview with Maya Shenhav and Reza FabCon 2025 Updates
- On the MSSQLTips site, Koen Verbeeck (@Ko_Ver) delves into Power BI Mistakes to Avoid – Part 2