Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #217

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Data Prep

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

• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) covers Exploring Power BI Import Mode Throughput With Log Analytics, Part 2: High-Level Statistics
• On the Enterprise DNA blog, Enterprise Dna Experts (@EnterpriseDNA) cover Power Query IF Statements: Nested Ifs, if or, if and Tutorial
• On myOnlineTraininghub, Mynda Treacy (@OnlineTrainingH) explains how to Get Started with Power Query
• Ignacio Barrau (@ignacho_07) covers [PowerQuery] Transformar columnas con condición personalizada [Spanish]
• Avi Singh (@powerbipro) discusses Copilot AI in Power BI: How to Enable & Use + Impact on Power BI Professionals
• On the Power BI community blog, Sam Kumar (@inogic) explains How to create a Power BI report using Business Central Data?

Data Modeling

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

• On the SQLBI blog, Alberto Ferrari (@FerrariAlberto) covers Filtering calculation items in a slicer
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about Configuring Fields with Perspectives for Shared Datasets in Power BI
• On the SQL Server Central blog, Aseel Al-Laham writes about DAX RANKX Function Behaviors Lead to Incorrect Results and Corrections

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) explains how to Data Comparisons in Power BI Reimagined
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science describes how to Sort a text column as per your choice in Power BI
• On the Power BI community blog, Pragati Jain (@pragati1187) blogs about Power BI – The New Card Visual Part 1
• Gilbert Quevauvilliers (@GilbertQue) describes How to view the Format pane in Power BI when using the new On-Object Interaction
• On the Select Distinct blog, Simon Harrison (@SelectDistLtd) discusses Custom Formats in Power BI
• Also on the Power BI community blog, Pragati Jain (@pragati1187) covers Icons & Data Labels on Top of the Bars with Conditional Formatting
• On the phData blog, Tausif Kazi (@phdatainc) shares Store Analysis Power BI Dashboard Example
• Andrzej Leszkiewicz (@avatorl) presents Pie Chart?

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, Kay Unkroth (@MSPowerBI) shares Announcing the Public Preview of automatic replica synchronization for Dataset Scale-Out
• On the Power BI blog, Nikki Waghani (@NikkiWaghani) announces On-premises data gateway July 2023 release
• Marc Lelijveld (@MarcLelijveld) blogs about The clash between Power BI git integration and deployment pipelines
• On the Power BI community blog, Avishay Firstater walks through Securely Passing a Long String to a Paginated Report
• Angela Henry (@SQLSwimmer) describes Steps to Have a Service Principal Take Over a Dataset in Power BI When Using Data Gateways

General

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

• On the BIFocal podcast, John White and Jason Himmelstein (@bifocalshow) present Episode 262 - Power BI July 2023 Feature Summary
• Miguel Félix covers Atualização Power BI Julho 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