Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #210

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Data Prep

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

• On the Power BI blog, Jadelyn Ray (@MSPowerBI) covers Reminder: Announcing the retirement of data support for Streaming Dataflows
• Ben Gribaudo (@bgribaudo) writes about RowExpression.From/ItemExpression.From
• Sandeep Pawar (@PawarBI) covers Importing Files From Fabric Lakehouse Into Power BI Desktop

Data Modeling

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

• On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) covers Compare previous date with sales – Unplugged #52
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) delves into DAX Dynamic Format Strings Without Calculation Groups?
• Dhruvin Shah (@DhruvinShah16) describes Easy Ways to Understand the Existing Power BI Projects
• On the Power BI community blog, Fowmy Abdulmuttalib (@ExcelFort) blogs about Analyzing Sales for a Specific Time Period in Power BI: Mastering DAX Techniques
• On the Excel Basement YouTube channel, Rahim Zulfiqar Ali (@rahimzulfiqar) describes Implicit Measures in Power BI

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science describes How to lock objects (visuals) in Power BI to prevent accidental displacement or repositioning
• On the Excel Basement YouTube channel, Rahim Zulfiqar Ali (@rahimzulfiqar) describes Sankey Chart in Microsoft Power BI
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) describes how to Highlight Values below Target in Power BI
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) talks about From Boring to Brilliant: How Custom Labels in Power BI Will Make Your Reports Shine
• On the Power BI community blog, Arul covers How can I show the legend and data labels together in a bar chart?
• Soheil Bakhshi (@biinsightnz) discusses Copilot for Power BI, What Does it Mean for Power BI Development?

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, Noam Raveh (@MSPowerBI) covers Power BI Embedded with Microsoft Fabric
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) covers Monitoring Power BI Dataset Refresh Memory And CPU Usage With Log Analytics
• Dan English (@denglishbi) blogs about Azure Analysis Services (AAS) to Power BI Premium (Fabric) Migration Experience now GA
• On the MSSQLTips site, Temidayo Omoniyi (@mssqltips) describes Understanding Power BI Security Options - Row-Level, Column-Level and Object-Level Security
• On the BIFocal podcast, John White and Jason Himmelstein (@bifocalshow) present Episode 257 - Power BI Developer mode with Rui Romano
• Romain Casteres (@PulsWeb) describes Microsoft Fabrics Monitoring Tenant Settings

General

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

• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) talks about What is Microsoft Fabric (Public Preview)? and discusses Why can’t I use Microsoft Fabric?
• Olivier Travers (@otravers) writes about Which Languages Should You Learn as a Power BI Developer within the Fabric Framework?

Useful Links

• Power BI Maturity Scorecard - 97% of the Fortune 500 are using Power BI. Only 20% of analytics deliver business value. How do you score?
• 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