Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #161

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Data Prep

Covering: Power Query (M), Dataflows, Data connectors, AI Insights

• James Serra (@JamesSerra) writes about Power BI Datamarts
• On the Prologika blog, Teo Lachev (@tlachev) discusses Power BI Datamarts: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) describes How The “Maximum Connections Per Data Source” Property On Power BI DirectQuery Datasets Can Affect Report Performance
• On the Power BI community blog, Jie Zhao describes how to Extract SAP General Ledger - G/L Account Line-Item Display (T-code FBL3N) into Power BI
• On the Enterprise DNA blog, Sam McKay (@_EnterpriseDNA) describes Power Query: How To Merge Tables W/Different Columns
• Also on the Power BI community blog, Vijay Verma writes about First Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun of the Month in Power Query Language M
• Mimoune Djouallah (@mim_djo) describes Loading 1 Billion New York Taxi Dataset into Datamart

Data Modeling

Covering: DAX (Measures & Calculated Tables/Columns), Relationships, Analysis Services, Composite models

• Marco Russo (@marcorus) highlights a new tool: Creating your own Contoso star schema database
• On the SQLBI blog, Alberto Ferrari (@FerrariAlberto) describes Using KEEPFILTERS in DAX, talks about NEXTDAY, NEXTMONTH, NEXTQUARTER, NEXTYEAR, PREVIOUSDAY, PREVIOUSMONTH, PREVIOUSYEAR – DAX Guide and discusses OPENINGBALANCEMONTH, OPENINGBALANCEQUARTER, OPENINGBALANCEYEAR – DAX Guide
• Marc Lelijveld (@MarcLelijveld) writes about Successfully implementing Power BI composite models
• On the Towards Data Science blog, Nikola Ilic (@DataMozart) covers Power BI Aggregations - the Ultimate Guide
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about DAX Anti-Patterns Episode Eleven - Hiding Zeros - with Daniil Maslyuk
• On the Power BI community blog, Vijay Verma writes about First Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun of the Month in DAX
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science covers Running Total in Power BI using DAX
• Harsh Joshi describes How To Calculate Percentages In A Hierarchical Form In Power BI

Report Authoring and Interactivity

Covering: Layout and formatting, Visualizations, Interactivity, Themes, Mobile reports, Dashboards

• On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) describes Using SELECTEDVALUE with Fields Parameters in Power BI
• On the endjin blog, Jessica Hill describes How to dynamically switch between measures in Power BI visuals with Field Parameters
• On the Prologika blog, Teo Lachev (@tlachev) writes about Power BI Field Parameters
• Ruth Pozuelo Martinez (@CurbalEN) covers Mastering field parameters in Power BI | A practical and common use case
• Sam Fischer (@ApexInsightsPBI) describes Swapping Gantt chart hierarchies with Field Parameters
• On the Blue Granite blog, Jocelyn Porter describes How Power BI Metrics and Scorecards Can Transform Productivity Within Business Objectives
• Ruth Pozuelo Martinez (@CurbalEN) explains how to Learn how to create maps in Power BI | Gartner remake
• On the SQL Server Central blog, Daniel Calbimonte (@dcalbimonte) describes Power BI Report Builder Expressions - Date Functions
• James Andrew highlights 3 Great Resources for Dashboard Design Inspiration
• Ignacio Barrau (@ignacho_07) covers Una Medida para formato y navegación de botón [Spanish]
• Also on the Power BI community blog, Ye Tao describes the Card Browser – A document set viewer featuring flappable

Deployment, Security and Operations

Covering: Workspaces and Apps, Template Apps, Deployment Pipelines, Gateways, Security, Sharing, Licences, Admin operations, Developer Tooling

• Rick de Groot (@Rickmaurinus) walks through Configuring Incremental Refresh in Power BI
• Philipp Lenz (@lenz_philipp) provides A look to Power BI Goals and what you can do with Power Automate within

General

Covering: Cross-topic announcements & feature summaries, Whitepapers, Community events, Learning Resources & Certifications, Podcasts, Sample reports, End-to-end walkthroughs

• Cookie McCray announces the May Release of SQL Server Reporting Services 2022
• Will Thompson (@Will_MI77) describes Driving data culture for Fairlife with Power BI
• Sam McKay (@_EnterpriseDNA) presents Power BI External Tool with Greg Deckler
• On the BIFocal podcast, John Patrick White and Jason Himmelstein (@BIFocalShow) present Episode 228 - Catching up on the Power BI news
• Hima Bindu Marri (@sivahimabindu) shares a series: Power BI report end to end

Useful Links

• Azure Weekly - Interested in Azure? Sign up to our sister newsletter Azure Weekly to receive all the week's Azure news
• M language reference - Official Power Query M Reference
• DAX Studio - Useful open source tool for executing and analyzing DAX queries, founded by Darren Gosbell
• DAX Guide - Your go-to reference on the DAX language, created by the SQLBI team
• Power BI Visuals Reference - An exhaustive list (as of Sep. 2018) of all Power BI native & custom visuals, placed into separate categories, again created by the SQLBI team
• Report Theme Generator - A handy report theme generator created by the Power BI Tips and Tricks team
• Power BI Theme templates - Detailed Power BI Theme templates for all the native visuals, created by David Eldersveld
• Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star - Free, detailed eBook to get up and running with Power BI, written by Reza Rad
• Power BI Architecture diagram - An informative Power BI Architecture diagram, created by Dustin Ryan
• Power BI Whitepapers - A list of official Power BI whitepapers, covering Security, Premium deployment, Advanced Analytics and more
• Power BI Events - Interactive report displaying upcoming Power BI events worldwide, built by Matt Allington, Phil Seamark and Reid Havens
• Power BI Days - Free-to-attend virtual and in-person community events, all across the world. If you're wanting to organize an event, that's possible too - it's still free, and comes with support.