Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #212

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Data Prep

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

• The Azure Updates Team (@Azure) announce Public preview: Power BI integration with Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
• Sandeep Pawar (@PawarBI) blogs about Using The Lakehouse Connector In Power BI Desktop
• On the Excel Basement YouTube channel, Rahim Zulfiqar Ali (@rahimzulfiqar) describes Duplicate vs Reference in Power Query
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science talks about What is query folding in Power BI?
• On the RADACAD blog, Leila Etaati (@leila_etaati) explains how to Convert Matrix data in Excel to Tabular Data in Power BI

Data Modeling

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

• Adam Saxton and Marco Russo (@GuyInACube) discuss Understanding the Timeline in DAX Studio
• Ignacio Barrau (@ignacho_07) covers [PowerBi] Measure Killer - external tool para limpiar el modelo [Spanish]
• Jason Cockington (@JasonCockington) writes about Data Modelling for DirectQuery
• On the phData blog, Hayley Hadges (@phdatainc) describes Data Modeling Fundamentals in Power BI
• Marcus Wegener (@PowerBIler) covers Hey Peter! Trendlinie in Power BI mit eigener Datumstabelle [German]
• Allison Kennedy (@ExcelAllison) talks about Meaningful Power BI titles using DAX
• On the Excel Basement YouTube channel, Rahim Zulfiqar Ali (@rahimzulfiqar) describes Total Orders Amount Prior Period via DAX in MS Power BI (Explicit Measure) and describes how to Highlight Max & Min Bar in Visual with Different Colour in Power BI using an Explicit Measure DAX
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science describes How to bring a column from one table to another table in Power BI? | RELATED function in DAX

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the Power BI blog, Maya Shenhav (@MSPowerBI) announces Chart sharing from organizational apps. Also supported in PowerPoint integration.
• On the Power BI blog, Miguel Myers (@myersmiguel) announces New card visual | Public preview
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) blogs about The “Visual Has Exceeded The Available Resources” Error In Power BI Desktop
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) delves into Push the limits of Power BI native visuals and captivate your audience | Timeline chart step-by-step, describes Quick tips for designing a menu in Power BI and shares Tips on adding icons to page names in Power BI
• Erik Svensen (@donsvensen) blogs about Power BI – Create a sparkline in the new card visual and some other nice formatting options
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) describes Building Multi-language Reports for Power BI (with Ted Pattinson)
• On the Power BI community blog, Ray Wu writes about Using Custom Fonts in Power BI Server/Desktop
• On the Excel Basement YouTube channel, Rahim Zulfiqar Ali (@rahimzulfiqar) describes Instant Zebra BI Visual for Data Storytelling in Power BI Dashboard
• Dan English (@denglishbi) blogs about Drillthrough support in Paginated Reports now available

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, Rui Romano (@RuiRomano) shares Deep dive into Power BI Desktop Developer Mode (Preview)
• Paul Turley (@paul_turley) describes Introducing the New Power BI Project, and Why it is Important
• On the BIFocal podcast, John White and Jason Himmelstein (@bifocalshow) present Episode 259 - Fabric Licensing for Power BI
• John White (@diverdown1964) writes Understanding licensing for Microsoft Fabric from a Power BI perspective

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, Ryan Majidimehr (@MSPowerBI) announces Power BI June 2023 Feature Summary
• Miguel Félix covers Atualização Power BI Junho 2023 [Portuguese]

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