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