Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #201

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Data Prep

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

• Belinda Allen (@MsBelindaAllen) explains how to Add a prefix to a field in Microsoft Power BI via Power Query
• Denis Selimovic (@DenSelimovic) writes about One-step conditional value replacement in a column in Power Query
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) describes how to Remove Random Null Values from Columns
• Olivier Travers (@otravers) writes about Connecting to Power BI Datamart and PowerApps Dataverse's SQL Server from Desktop Tools and External Services

Data Modeling

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

• On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) blogs about Optimizing fusion optimization for DAX measures
• On the SQL Server Central blog, Jared Westover (@WestoverJared) describes DAX CASE Statement Functionality with IF, SWITCH and SWITCH True
• Sam McKay (@_EnterpriseDNA) explains How To Detect And Visualize Outliers Using DAX In Power BI [2023 Update]
• On the Excel Basement YouTube channel, Rahim Zulfiqar Ali (@rahimzulfiqar) describes how to Place all explicit measures in one table in Power BI

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Mara Pereira (@datapears) covers The Importance of User Experience in Reporting and Power BI - A Must-Read Guide
• Marc Lelijveld (@MarcLelijveld) blogs about The Truth About Hiding Pages in Power BI Reports: Why It's Not a Security Feature
• On the Excel Basement YouTube channel, Rahim Zulfiqar Ali (@rahimzulfiqar) describes On object interaction (Opt-in) and talks about Star Rating Visual in Microsoft Power BI
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) discusses Slicer design 2.0 in Power BI | Upgraded functionality and UX and explains how to Add power to your titles in Power BI | The one trick you need to know
• Brian Julius (@_EnterpriseDNA) explains How To Create Fully Dynamic Image Slicers In Power BI
• On the Select Distinct blog, Select Distinct (@SelectDistLtd) blogs about Sparklines in Power BI
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science talks about Sankey Chart in Power BI - Custom Visual
• Dhruvin Shah (@DhruvinShah16) talks about the Apply All and Remove All Button in Power BI
• On the MSSQLTips site, Harris Amjad (@mssqltips) explains How to use the Custom Power KPI Visual in Power BI
• Matt Allington (@ExceleratorBI) explains how to Build a Power BI Paginated Report Online
• Laura Graham-Brown (@Laura_GB) describes Power BI – Embed a Paginated Report

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, Yichao Wu (@MSPowerBI) announces Pin workspaces
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) walks through Introducing TMDL for Power BI (with Mathias Thierbach) and presents Power BI Governance (Why Should I Care) (with Ásgeir Gunnarsson)
• Gilbert Quevauvilliers (@GilbertQue) describes Troubleshooting Power BI PowerShell issues to view the error
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) covers Identifying CPU And Memory-Intensive Power Query Queries During Refresh In The Power BI Service
• Nandan Hegde (@nandan_hegde15) describes Overcoming Data Size / Row Limitations of Power BI REST API for Automated Data Extraction from Dataset
• On the RADACAD blog, Reza Rad (@Rad_Reza) writes about Content Certification in Power BI: One Step Towards a Better Governance
• Patrick Leblanc (@GuyInACube) describes how to Switch a Power BI Report’s dataset without needing Premium
• Antriksh Sharma (@AntrikshShar) explains how to Refresh Individual Power BI Tables or Partitions with PowerShell
• On the Excel Basement YouTube channel, Rahim Zulfiqar Ali (@rahimzulfiqar) talks about Last Refreshed in Power BI (Desktop + Service) and delves into Getting Started with Microsoft Power BI Service

General

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

• On the endjin blog, Matthew Adams (@ythos) writes Ask the right questions to get your data insights projects back on track
• On the BIFocal podcast, John Patrick White and Jason Himmelstein (@BIFocalShow) present Episode 251 - Power BI News Updates
• The Knee-Deep in Tech team (@KneeDeepinTech) present Podcast episode 219

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