Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #182

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Data Prep

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

• Patrick Leblanc (@GuyInACube) discusses The perfect Power BI dataflows use case
• Antriksh Sharma (@AntrikshShar) explains How to make Power Query remember the data types of columns before expanding
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) explains how to Remove Spaces between words in Power Query
• On the Power BI community blog, Yalan Wu blogs about Power Query Common Expression. Error
• Ben Gribaudo (@bgribaudo) covers MySQL's Invalid Dates + Power Query = No Effect Query Folding?
• On the Tessellation Tech blog, Dave Ovitt describes What Are Power BI Datamarts?
• Laura Graham-Brown (@Laura_GB) delves into Power BI – Switch Dataverse Tenancy
• On the Enterprise DNA blog, Gaelim Holland (@_EnterpriseDNA) writes about Python Dataset: Applying Repeatable Codes
• João Marcelino covers Calendário no Power BI [Portuguese]
• On the SQL Server Central blog, Daniel Calbimonte (@dcalbimonte) describes MDX in Power BI tutorial

Data Modeling

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

• On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) announces Bravo for Power BI 1.0 released
• Also on the SQLBI blog, Alberto Ferrari (@FerrariAlberto) covers SELECTEDMEASURENAME – DAX Guide
• Max Wikström (@maxwiks) covers The purpose of data modeling – Dimensional Modeling and explains how to Find the MIN and MAX value from multiple columns with DAX
• On the Enterprise DNA blog, Enterprise Dna Experts (@EnterpriseDNA) write about Using DAX To Load Data From SSAS To Power BI
• Brian Julius (@_EnterpriseDNA) explains How To Export All DAX Measures Into A Single File
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) describes Smart Axis Magic | Let Power BI Choose the Optimal Period
• Also on the Power BI community blog, Stephen Tao describes how to Apply AND logic in the slicer
• On Acuity Training, Ben Richardson (@AcuityTraining) describes Speeding Up Power BI
• Sam McKay (@_EnterpriseDNA) walks through In-Depth Customer Churning Examples In Power BI Using DAX [2022 Update]
• Bernat Agulló (@AgulloBernat) describes How to write a C# script for Tabular Editor (Part 1)
• Alina Fisher describes how to Sort Matrix By Selected Columns With RANKX

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the Power BI community blog, Fowmy Abdulmuttalib (@ExcelFort) describes how to Toggle Calendar Icon Visibility In Power BI Date Slicer
• Sam McKay (@_EnterpriseDNA) describes How To Use Natural Language Query (Q&A) In Power BI - Detailed Review [2022 Update]
• On the Foresight BI blog, Ahmed Oyelowo (@AhmedOyelowo) covers Power BI Bookmarks Essentials (Part 1)
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) talks about Notification Bell
• James Andrew (@MatadorSoftware) describes how to Use Canva to Create an Interactive Power BI Virtual Assistant
• Gilbert Quevauvilliers (@GilbertQue) describes how to Copy and paste Power BI Visuals in pages between Power BI Desktop Files
• Leila Gharani (@LeilaGharani) describes How to create these useful Power BI visuals we wish Excel had
• Pat Mahoney (@mahoneypa) describes how to Speed up your Power BI visuals with Deneb in-visual calculations
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) wallks through Creating a Countdown Visual using Deneb (with Daniel Marsh-Patrick) and describes Best Practices for Report Design & DAX in Power BI (with Gustaw Dudek)
• Alina Fisher writes about Range Bars In Power BI 2.0

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, Harleen Kaur describes how to Save a copy of a report & Collapse navigation pane in Organizational App
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) describes how to Speed Up Power BI Dataset Refresh Performance In Premium Or PPU By Changing The “Parallel Loading Of Tables” Setting
• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) describes how to Bring Power BI and Excel together
• Shabnam Watson (@ShbWatson) talks about Incremental Refresh and Hybrid Tables in Power BI, writes about Error running a SQL Server Profiler trace for a Power BI dataset: Either the trace with the ID of ‘MicrosoftProfilerTrace1667261566’ does not exist … and describes How does the DirectQuery partition of a Hybrid table in Power BI get used in queries?
• Microsoft Power BI (@MSPowerBI) walk through Cross tenant dataset sharing
• On the RADACAD blog, Reza Rad (@Rad_Reza) discusses Why Do You Need Power BI Service?
• On the MSSQLTips site, Haroon Ashraf writes about Data Masking and Unmasking Strategy for Power BI Report Testers and Business Users
• Alina Fisher shares The Ultimate Security Cheat Sheet In Power BI

General

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

• Cillian Mitchell (@MSPowerBI) explains how to Unleash your Dynamics 365 Data with Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI
• On the BIFocal podcast, John Patrick White and Jason Himmelstein (@BIFocalShow) present Episode 239 - Power BI News Update
• On the Power BI Tips and Tricks blog, Tommy Puglia (@tommypuglia) announces Welcome to Community Jam

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.