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Data Prep

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

• Ben Gribaudo (@bgribaudo) writes about No Built-In Power Query Connector: Am I Stuck?
• Marc Lelijveld (@MarcLelijveld) discusses Power BI Datamarts, should I use it or not?
• Sam McKay (@_EnterpriseDNA) talks about Why We Love Dataflows In Power BI And Why You Should Too
• Melissa de Korte (@_EnterpriseDNA) explains How To Automatically Remove All Empty Columns In Power Query
• Audrée Pellerin covers Supprimer les doublons avec Power Query [French]
• James Andrew (@MatadorSoftware) talks about Powerful Power Query Text Functions | A Real World Case Study Using M
• On the Prologika blog, Teo Lachev (@tlachev) describes Batch Renaming Columns in Power BI Tables
• Gaelim Holland (@_EnterpriseDNA) describes How To Do Text Analysis Using Python To Identify Parts Of Speech In Texts In Power BI
• On the Excel Basement YouTube channel, Rahim Zulfiqar Ali (@rahimzulfiqar) shares a series of tutorials: PQ 1 - What is Power Query - 1 - Power Query - ETL, PQ 2 - Data Types - 1 - Power Query - ETL, PQ 3 - Fixing Dates & Date Locale Setting - 1 - Power Query - ETL, PQ 4 - For Columns - MOVE, REMOVE, RENAME, DUPLICATES - 1 - Power Query - ETL, PQ 5 - Split Columns - 1 - Power Query - ETL, PQ 6 - Merge - 1 - Power Query - ETL, PQ 7 - Filtering Rows - 1 - Power Query - ETL and PQ 8 - Removing Duplicates and Errors - 1 - Power Query - ETL
• On the Enterprise DNA blog, Sue Bayes (@sue_bayes) explains How To Import Datasets Into Report Builder

Data Modeling

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

• On the Power BI blog, Kay Unkroth (@MSPowerBI) announces “Horizontal Fusion,” a query performance optimization in Power BI and Analysis Services
• Also on the Power BI blog, Ogbemi Ekwejunor-Etchie announces USERCULTURE DAX function now supported in Power BI Premium
• On the endjin blog, Jessica Hill (@JessRoseHill_) writes about Performance Optimisation Tools for Power BI
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) covers Diagnosing Switch-Related Performance Problems In Power BI DAX Using EvaluateAndLog
• Patrick Leblanc and Marco Russo (@GuyInACube) discuss What's the real size of your data model in Power BI?
• On the SQLBI blog, Alberto Ferrari (@FerrariAlberto) describes PATH, PATHCONTAINS, PATHITEM, PATHITEMREVERSE, PATHLENGTH – DAX Guide and covers Introducing ALLSELECTED in DAX
• Bernat Agulló (@AgulloBernat) writes about Activating Inactive Relationships the Smart Way
• Max Wikström (@maxwiks) blogs about Power BI data types in relationships – Does it matter?
• Bernat Agulló Roselló (@AgulloBernat) covers A dynamic legend for a dynamic measure + time intel chart
• On the Enterprise DNA blog, Antriksh Sharma (@AntrikshShar) provides an Overview Of The DAX Studio Keyword COLUMN and describes The TABLE Keyword In DAX Studio: Basic Examples
• Sam McKay (@_EnterpriseDNA) describes How To Use The ALL Function In Power BI And DAX [2022 Update] and covers Harvest Power BI Slicer Selections To Use With Other Measures — Advanced DAX [2022 Update]
• Greg Deckler (@GregDeckler) describes How To Get Better Average Per Category In DAX - Why You Should Not Use CALCULATE
• On the Power BI community blog, Tingting Zhang describes How to calculate the number of days in a discontinuous time period
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about Improving Models & Calculations in Power BI (with Jeroen ter Heerdt) and describes 5 Reasons to Hide Fields from Report View in Power BI
• Mimoune Djouallah (@mim_djo) blogs about Multi fact support in DAX and Malloy
• Hima Bindu Marri (@sivahimabindu) describes SELECTEDVALUE DAX in Power BI

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Matt Allington (@ExceleratorBI) covers Exploring and Visualising Data in Power BI
• Daniel Marsh-Patrick (@the_d_mp) covers Building a dynamic countdown in Power BI with Deneb & Vega
• On the Power BI community blog, Steve de Peijper (@bi2analytics) writes about Interactive Plotly Waterfall Chart in Power BI
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) explains how to Create Awesome Bar Charts in Power BI
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science describes How to use Error Bars in Power BI
• On the SQL Server Central blog, Daniel Calbimonte (@dcalbimonte) describes How to visualize Python charts in Power BI part 3

Deployment, Security and Operations

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

• On the Power BI blog, Nikki Waghani (@NikkiWaghani) announces that the On-premises data gateway August 2022 update is now available
• Also on the Power BI blog, Teddy Bercovitz (@Teddybbb) announces Power BI report and dataset management in Power Apps Solutions
• Teddy Bercovitz and Srihari Srinivasa (@MSPowerBI) announce Manage and Embed Power BI Reports and Datasets as Part of a Power Platform Solution
• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) highlights Power BI Apps for multiple audiences has arrived
• Gilbert Quevauvilliers (@GilbertQue) describes Power BI App audiences with AAD Security Groups
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) walks through Calling The Power BI Enhanced Refresh API From Power Automate, Part 6: Cancelling Dataset Refreshes
• Dan English (@denglishbi) writes about Power BI using Service Principal with Synapse SQL Pool

General

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

• On the Power BI blog, Oksana Kyrychenko (@MSPowerBI) announces Power BI September 2022 Feature Summary
• Miguel Félix covers Atualização Power BI Setembro 2022 [Portuguese]

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.