Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #250

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Data Prep

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

• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) explains how Include in Refresh can trip you up within Power Query
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science explains How to merge multiple sheets into one while loading data in Power Query using Excel or Power BI?
• On the RADACAD blog, Reza Rad (@Rad_Reza) delves into Copilot in Power Query in Power BI Service and Microsoft Fabric Dataflow Gen2

Data Modeling

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

• On the SQLBI blog, Alberto Ferrari (@FerrariAlberto) talks about Introducing VISUAL SHAPE for visual calculations in Power BI
• On the Power BI community blog, Ignacio Barrau (@ignacho_07) describes [DAX] Time Intelligence vs WINDOW vs OFFSET
• On Acuity Training, Maximillian Hindley writes about 6 Best Practices for Efficient Data Modeling in Power BI
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) describes How to Create One to Many Relationship in Power BI
• On the Business Intelligist blog, Business Intelligist (@bizintelligist) describes How to generate Business Friendly Power BI Data Dictionary using Open AI Semantic Link
• On the Power BI community blog, Yifan Wang describes how to Display data in a fixed order and show data for the top three selections

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) describes Dynamic Column Headers (with Field Parameters) in Power BI
• On the endjin blog, Paul Waller (@Crashbangwaller) explains How to Build Navigation into Power BI
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science explains how to Calculate a running sum or running total at visual level without using DAX measures in Power BI
• Binbin Yu covers Dynamic filtering of two tables based on one slicer
• On the Select Distinct blog, Simon Harrison (@SelectDistLtd) explains How to Sync Slicers in Power BI
• On Acuity Training, Ben Richardson (@AcuityTraining) covers Decomposition Tree Visuals – Quick Guide
• Oscar Martínez Valero (@OValerock) talks about Rethinking Dashboard Design
• Nidhi Srinath (@TDataScience) covers Creating Interactive Power BI Dashboards That Engage Your Audience
• Nidhi Srinath (@TDataScience) describes Creating Interactive Power BI Dashboards That Engage Your Audience
• Ben Richardson (@AcuityTraining) writes about the Decomposition Tree Visuals - Quick Guide

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, Kim Manis (@kimmanis) announces Important update coming to Power BI Premium licensing
• Also on the Power BI blog, Nikki Waghani (@NikkiWaghani) shares the On-premises data gateway March 2024 release
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) writes about How Much Does Copilot Cost In Microsoft Fabric?
• Mihály Kávási (@KavasiM) explains How to find which visual generated the query in Log Analytics?
• Marcus Wegener (@PowerBIler) covers Power BI Verwendungsszenario – Unternehmens-BI [German]
• Soheil Bakhshi (@biinsightnz) discusses Microsoft Fabric: Source Control Options for Power BI Developers
• Pat Mahoney (@mahoneypa) discusses Power BI Semantic Model Snapshots With A Fabric Notebook
• Kevin Arnold (@kevarnold) shares some Scripts to improve copying a Direct Lake semantic model to another workspace using Microsoft Fabric Git integration locally

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, Mohammad Ali (@mohaali45) shares Copilot Updates March 2024
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) talks about My Top 5 Power BI Mistakes (and how to avoid them)
• On myOnlineTraininghub, Mynda Treacy (@OnlineTrainingH) discusses Power BI Tutorial for Excel Users
• On the BIFocal podcast, John White and Jason Himmelstein (@bifocalshow) present Episode 273 - Interview with Alex Powers
• Matt Allington (@ExceleratorBI) presents My Latest Podcast with Rob Collie from P3 Adaptive

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