Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #245

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Data Prep

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

• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) blogs about Reading Parquet Metadata In Power Query In Power BI
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) talks about Dynamic Column Re-Ordering in Power Query
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science explains How to duplicate rows in Power Query using Power BI or Excel?
• On the Excel Basement YouTube channel, Excel Basement (@ExcelBasement) writes about Fuzzy Lookup in Excel / Power BI performs Fuzzy matching of Textual Data (Add-in or Power Query)
• On Acuity Training, Ben Richardson (@AcuityTraining) shares a number of blogs: Loading Multiple Files From A Folder Into Power BI, Pivot and Unpivot Columns in Power BI, Power BI – Custom Columns and Introduction to Automated Machine Learning In Microsoft Power BI
• Hafeez Jimoh (@jimohhafeezco) describes Getting Data in Power BI and shares a Simple Guide on getting Data in Power BI Desktop
• On the PowerPivotPro blog, P3 Adaptive (@P3Adaptive) describes How Do I Connect Power BI to a SharePoint Folder And List?

Data Modeling

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

• Patrick Leblanc (@GuyInACube) talks about Why can’t I edit my Power BI semantic model? and talks about Adding a column to your Lakehouse? Where is it in the Semantic Model?
• Max Wikström (@maxwiks) describes how to Extract Measures and other Metadata from Power BI Semantic Models Using DAX
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) walks through Testing Your Code Using the [DAX] Query View
• Henk Vlootman (@Henk4Excel) explains how to Become A Power BI Power User With DAX
• On Acuity Training, Ben Richardson (@AcuityTraining) describes Recreating Sum If In Power BI

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Martin Schoombee (@MartinSchoombee) describes how to Copy a report page from one Power BI Desktop file to another
• Pat Mahoney (@mahoneypa) shares More On Field Parameters With The Deneb Visual
• Carl de Souza (@carldesouza) discusses Embedding a Dataverse Power Automate Flow Inside Power BI
• On Acuity Training, Ben Richardson (@AcuityTraining) describes How to Export From Power BI to Excel and writes about Power BI Report Builder
• APK describes How to enable repeat header in all pages of SSRS report/Power BI report builder

Deployment, Security and Operations

Covering: Workspaces and Apps, Template Apps, Deployment Pipelines, Gateways, Security, Sharing, Licences, Admin operations, Developer Tooling

• On the Fabric blog, Noam Raveh (@MSPowerBI) describes how to Automate your CI/CD pipelines with Microsoft Fabric Git REST APIs
• Also on the Fabric blog, Ruixin Xu announces Fabric Copilot pricing
• On the Prologika blog, Teo Lachev (@tlachev) writes about Know Thyself: Power BI Source Control
• On the Kohera blog, Kohera (@Kohera_be) discusses Updating your Azure SQL server OAuth2 credentials in Power BI via PowerShell for automation purposes
• On Acuity Training, Ben Richardson (@AcuityTraining) writes about Dynamic Row Level Security in Power BI

General

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

• On Acuity Training, Ben Richardson (@AcuityTraining) blogs about Power BI: Which Version Should I Use?

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