Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #233

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Data Prep

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

• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) writes about Excel Workbook Layout And The Performance Of Reading Data With Power Query In Power BI
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) describes how to Dynamically Expand All Columns in Power Query | Power Query Trick and covers '#section' Trick in Power Query
• Rick de Groot (@Rickmaurinus) writes about Resolving Dataformat Errors in Power Query M
• Avi Singh (@powerbipro) shares a Power Query Tutorial for Beginners: Complete Step-by-Step Tutorial with Download Files
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science explains How to get SharePoint data into Power BI?

Data Modeling

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

• On the Power BI blog, Christian Wade (@_christianWade) announces Datasets renamed to semantic models
• On the endjin blog, Barry Smart (@barry_j_a_smart) writes that Star Schemas are fundamental to unleashing value from data in Microsoft Fabric
• On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) discusses Computing MTD, QTD, YTD in Power BI for the current period
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) talks about DAX Summarization Tricks in Power BI

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Tom Martens (@tommartens68) writes about The (better) rectangular pie chart
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) talks about Why Your Report Needs a Box Plot and How to Build It in Power BI
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about Three Techniques for Curating the User Experience in Power BI
• Marcus Wegener (@PowerBIler) describes Display images from Business Central via the API in Power BI

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, Nikki Waghani (@NikkiWaghani) announces On-premises data gateway November 2023 release
• On the phData blog, Gavin Pedersen (@gavin_PD) describes How to Automate Switching Your Snowflake Datasource with Power BI Deployment Pipelines
• Kevin Chant (@kevchant) blogs about Power BI Project (PBIP) and Azure DevOps CI performance tests

General

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

• The Knee-Deep in Tech team (@KneeDeepinTech) presents Podcast episode 244
• On the Power BI community blog, Dennis Carriere writes about From the Desk of An Experienced Power BI Analyst
• On the PowerPivotPro blog, Rob Collie (@robcolli3) covers Tableau VS Power BI and writes about Why Is Power BI More Popular than Tableau?

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
• PowerQuery How - Alternative M Language Reference created by Rick de Groot, including improved function explanations, code formatting, practical examples and further reading
• 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