Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #234

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Data Prep

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

• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) describes how to Automatically Rename CamelCase Columns in Power Query
• Miguel Félix covers Conetividade no Power Query [Portuguese]

Data Modeling

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

• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) shares some Thoughts On Power BI Datasets Being Renamed To Semantic Models
• Kurt Buhler (@kurtbuhler) writes about Semantic models in simple terms
• Sandeep Pawar (@PawarBI) describes Identifying Semantic Model Storage Mode in Fabric
• On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) talks about Unboxing DAX Query View in Power BI – Unplugged #54
• On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Leila Etaati (@leila_etaati) describes Good to Know: Copilot in Power BI
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science Shares Explain about Bidirectional Cross-Filtering in Power BI, SUM vs SUMX function in Power BI & DAX and 3 Months Rolling Total in Power BI | How to calculate 3 months rolling total in Power BI
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) describes How to Use Excel's Like SUMIF and COUNTIF in Power BI

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the Power BI blog, Miguel Myers (@myersmiguel) announces the New button slicer | Public preview and the New card’s reference labels | Public preview
• Also on the Power BI blog, Roseanne Levasseur (@MSPowerBI) announces Introducing Explore (Public Preview)
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about VisOps with PBI Inspector (with Nat Van Gulck)
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) explains how to Add SVG Images in Power BI, discusses Trend Visualization in Power BI and talks about Quick GIF for your Power BI report | Adding animations 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 RADACAD blog, Reza Rad (@Rad_Reza) blogs about Version Control in Power BI and Fabric
• Bernat Agulló Roselló (@AgulloBernat) discusses Orchestrating Dataset Refreshes with Power Automate and Power Apps (Part 2)
• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) presents Digging deeper into Data Activator in Microsoft Fabric with Will Thompson

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 November 2023 Feature Summary
• Miguel Félix covers Atualização Power BI novembro 2023 [Portuguese]
• Also on the Power BI blog, Kim Manis (@kimmanis) announces Empower Power BI users with Microsoft Fabric and Copilot
• Microsoft Power BI (@MSPowerBI) share Power BI Partner Opportunities Expand with Microsoft Fabric
• On the BIFocal podcast, John White and Jason Himmelstein (@bifocalshow) present Episode 267 - Microsoft Ignite 2023 - Fabric is GA
• Fowmy Abdulmuttalib (@ExcelFort) walks through Unlocking Revenue Insights: Power BI Launch-to-Date Performance Analysis

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