Power BI Weekly
Issue #310 - 3rd June 2025
No announcements this week. Though we've had a couple of blogs about the standalone Copilot experience in the Power BI Service, with Dan English
giving us a quick run-through of the Standalone Power BI Copilot experience
and Chris Webb demonstrating
Finding Reports And Semantic Models Easily With Power BI Copilot Search
. Elsewhere, Bas Dohmen has given us a nice overview and shown how we can
Trigger Any Action from Power BI with Translytical Task Flows
, Soheil Bakhshi has started a new series about Sharing Power BI Reports with External Users, with the initial blog:
Part 1: Understanding the Problem and Core Concepts
, and Augusto Rosa has written about
New Passwordless Configuration: Configuring Single Sign‑On (SSO) from Power BI to Snowflake
- a worthwhile read for any of you connecting your reports to Snowflake as a source.
🛠️ Data Prep
Rick de Groot (
@Rickmaurinus
) describes how to
AI + Power Query (Ep. 3) - Easily Consolidate Power Query Steps (Fewer Lines, Same Results)
🧩 Data Modeling
On the Power BI community blog, Ilgar Zarbali explains how to
Build a Dynamic Loan Calculator in Power BI with What-If Parameters
On the Microsoft Fabric Café YouTube channel, Mehrdad Abdollahi presents
#FabricCoffee with Mehdi Safiri - Power BI Performance Tuning
On the Data Bear blog, Annamarie Van Wyk (
@annamarie_wyk
) lists the
Top 5 DAX Functions Every Power BI Analyst Should Know
Parul Sagar (
@parulsagar
) writes about
Unlocking the Full Potential of Power BI with Tabular Editor
Justin Martin (
@dax_noob_justin
) writes about
Extracting Semantic Model Source Tables with Fabric Notebooks
📊 Report Authoring and Interactivity
Bas Dohmen (
@HowToPowerBI
) describes how to
Trigger Any Action from Power BI with Translytical Task Flows
On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science (
@learn_scitech
) talks about
AI Powered Key Influence visual in Power BI | Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) in Power BI
Dhruvin Shah (
@DhruvinShah16
) shares:
Bookmark in Power BI | Episode 13 | Power BI Beginner Tutorial Series
,
Build Mobile-Friendly Reports in Power BI | Episode 14 | Power BI Beginner Series
and
Dashboard in Power BI | Episode 16 | Power BI Step by Step Series
🚀 Deployment, Security and Operations
Soheil Bakhshi (
@biinsightnz
) describes
Sharing Power BI Reports with External Users – Part 1: Understanding the Problem and Core Concepts
Dan English (
@denglishbi
) highlights that
Standalone Power BI Copilot experience is now available
Chris Webb (
@cwebb_bi
) describes
Finding Reports And Semantic Models Easily With Power BI Copilot Search
Valerie Junk (
@porcubi
) describes how to
Monitor Report Usage in Power BI
Dhruvin Shah (
@DhruvinShah16
) shares:
Publish Report in Power BI Workspace | Episode 15 | Power BI Beginners Tutorial Series
,
Power BI Service Complete Feature Tour for Beginners | Episode 17 | Power BI Beginners
,
How to Share Power BI Reports via Apps | Episode 18 | Power BI Beginner Series
and
Power BI Licensing Explained | Which Plan is Right for You? | Episode 19
On the Power BI community blog, Mike Honey (
@Mike_Honey_
) writes about
Power BI Cleaner - Manga Solutions Edition
Augusto Rosa writes about
New Passwordless Configuration: Configuring Single Sign‑On (SSO) from Power BI to Snowflake
🌐 General
Chandeep Chhabra (
@chandeep2786
) explains how to
Build a Recruitment Dashboard in Power BI (Step-by-Step Guide)
Shannon Lindsay (
@shan_gsd
) writes about the
🏆 Fabric Community DataViz Contest | Winner and Judges Favorites