Power BI Weekly
Issue #9 - 27th May 2019
Only a few updates this week: On the Power BI blog Chris Finlan has announced that Enhanced Attachment Support for Paginated Reports E-Mail Subscriptions is Now Available and Tess Hurr has given us the Power BI Report Server May 2019 Feature Summary. Christian Wade also discusses What's new for SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services CTP 3.0. Elsewhere, on the BIFocal show, John and Jason have given a roundup of the May 2019 Power BI Desktop Update.
There have also been a couple of really useful blogs: Ranin Salameh has written a post on How to govern Power BI visuals inside your organization. And on the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo has written a post on using the Power BI Performance Analyzer.
🛠️ Data Prep
- On myOnlineTraininghub, Mynda Treacy (@OnlineTrainingH) describes how to Scrape Data from Multiple Web Pages with Power Query
- Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) blogs about Power Query Performance And Expanding Columns
- On the Powered Solutions blog, Miguel Escobar (@EscobarMiguel90) writes about Data Source and Step Level Settings in Power BI / Power Query: aka The Gear Icons
- Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) blogs about Storing Large Images In Power BI Datasets
🧩 Data Modeling
- On the RADACAD blog, Reza Rad (@Rad_Reza) writes about Power BI Basics of Modeling: Star Schema and How to Build it
- On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) gives us his Mastering DAX video course, 2nd edition
- Patrick Leblanc (@patrickdba) talks about Working with time in Power BI Desktop
- Imke Feldmann (@TheBIccountant) discusses a DAX CALCULATE Debugger
⚙️ Report Design and Visualizations
- Matt Allington (@ExceleratorBI) writes about Six Sigma Control Charts in Power BI
- Gerhard Brueckl (@gbrueckl) discusses Dynamic TopN + Others with Drill-Down
- Gil Raviv (@gilra) introduces Power BI Pixel – A new way to track usage on Power BI
- On the DB Best blog, DeNisha Malone (@thepowerbiqueen) describes how to Create Drillthrough Pages with Detail
- Matthew Roche (@SQLAllFather) writes about Unlimited dataflow refresh on Power BI Premium
- On the Power BI blog, Christopher Finlan announces that Enhanced Attachment Support for Paginated Reports E-Mail Subscriptions is Now Available
⚙️ Data Exploration
- On the Power BI community blog, Sam McKay blogs about 'What If' Analysis Techniques For Power BI
- Patrick Leblanc (@patrickdba) describes Working with time in Power BI Desktop
- Brett Powell (@BrettPowell76) gives us his Tabular Model Schema Reference v2.0
🚀 Deployment, Security and Operations
- On the Power BI blog, Ranin Salameh explains How to govern Power BI visuals inside your organization
- Also on the Power BI blog, Lukasz Pawlowski (@lukasztweets) writes that Designing custom navigation for Power BI apps is now available
- Gilbert Quevauvilliers (@GilbertQue) answers Why do I have to pay for Power BI Premium features?
- On the Power BI community blog, Tim Macaulay writes [Support-Info] Automatic Updates of Power BI Desktop
- On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) Introduces the Power BI Performance Analyzer
🌐 General
- On the Power BI blog, Tessa Hurr (@tessahurr) provides the Power BI Report Server May 2019 Feature Summary
- Also on the Power BI blog, Christian Wade (@_christianWade) covers What's new for SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services CTP 3.0
- Adam Saxton (@guyinacube) talks about the Power BI Desktop update, Gateway monitoring, time intelligence and more (May 20, 2019)
- Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) gives us his Power Query Tip Card
- Adam Saxton (@guyinacube) presents: Power BI App Nav, TopN, Report Server, Perf and more
- On the BIFocal podcast, John & Jason talk about the May 2019 Power BI Desktop Update