Power BI Weekly
Issue #333 - 11th November 2025
No official updates to provide this week. We have, though, been told about Advance your career in Data & AI with Microsoft Fabric Data Days starting on November 4th 2025 - 50+ days of live learning sessions hosted by experts where you can gain practical experience on Power BI and Microsoft Fabric. Also on the official blog, Christian Wade has written an article describing Power BI semantic models as accelerators for AI-enabled consumption detailing how Power BI models serve as key enablers of AI-powered insights.
Elsewhere this week, Chris Webb has written about Calling DAX UDFs From Power BI Copilot, Reza Rad showed us how to Get list of all Power BI DAX measures and their expressions and Meagan Longoria has described how to Check Power BI Bookmarks with Semantic Link Labs.
🛠️ Data Prep
- On the Power BI community blog, Ankita Mishra (@TigerAnalytics) writes about Power Query Functions Explained: From Simple Cleanup to Dynamic Transformations
- On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science (@learn_scitech) describes How to combine multiple columns into one in Power Query using Power BI or Excel? | Power Query Tips
🧩 Data Modeling
- On the Power BI blog, Christian Wade (@_christianWade) writes about Power BI semantic models as accelerators for AI-enabled consumption
- Justin Martin (@dax_noob_justin) writes about Semantic Model Optimization: Theory, Tips and Tools
- On the Power BI community blog, Ajay Babu Inturi covers Understanding Power BI Relationships & Filter Direction
- On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@RADACAD_COM) explains how to Get list of all Power BI DAX measures and their expressions
- Also on the Power BI community blog, Sachin Nandanwar walks through Understanding DAX Time Intelligence with Additional Column Context
- On the SQLBI blog, Alberto Ferrari (@FerrariAlberto) explains how to Find the products in the top 10 every year with DAX
- Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) describes Calling DAX UDFs From Power BI Copilot
- Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) explains how to Write DAX Code Once, Use It Everywhere (Power BI UDF Tutorial)
- On the Power BI Tips YouTube channel, Mike Carlo and Tommy Puglia (@PowerBITips) talk about DevEx for Pros: UDFs, the Tools That Stick - Ep.473 - Power BI tips
- Mimoune Djouallah (@mim_djo) writes about Just vorder don’t try to understand how vertipaq works
📊 Report Authoring and Interactivity
- On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@RADACAD_COM) describes Building Power BI report solutions without Power BI Desktop
- On the Power BI community blog, Ajay Babu Inturi discusses Are Drill Down and Drill Through the Same?
- Meagan Longoria (@mmarie) describes how to Check Power BI Bookmarks with Semantic Link Labs
- Also on the Power BI community blog, Abhilash Pullakanti writes about Translytical Task Flows in Microsoft Fabric
🚀 Deployment, Security and Operations
- On the Power BI community blog, Mike Honey (@Mike_Honey_) writes about Power BI usage analysis via Measure Killer, by Manga Solutions
- Gilbert Quevauvilliers (@GilbertQue) writes about Running and viewing Automated Load Testing Results – Part 3
- Avi Singh (@powerbipro) explains How to Switch Power BI Reports to a Different Dataset or Model (Without Rebuilding)
- Laura Graham-Brown (@Laura_GB) blogs about Microsoft Fabric – Direct Lake and User Permissions
🌐 General
- On the Power BI blog, Shannon Lindsay (@shan_gsd) announces Advance your career in Data & AI with Microsoft Fabric Data Days
- Vahid Doustimajd (@VahidDoustiM) presents Persian Power BI & Fabric Conference - Farsi Edition - Nov-25 [Persian]