Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #259

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Data Prep

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

• Rick de Groot (@Rickmaurinus) describes Understanding Enumerations in Power Query M
• Vahid Doustimajd (@VahidDoustiM) hosts Tips for Defining Custom Functions in Power Query - Omid Motamedisedeh (Persian)
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) describes How to Pivot Data in Power Query
• Ignacio Barrau (@ignacho_07) covers [PowerQuery] Combinar tablas de cualquier origen [Spanish]
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) writes about Practical Azure Databricks for Power BI (with Alex Barbeau)

Data Modeling

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

• On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) covers Writing DAX with ChatGPT-4o – Unplugged #58 and writes about Strings list to table in DAX
• On the Tabular Editor blog, Kurt Buhler (@kurtbuhler) explains how to Write DAX for a semantic model
• Antriksh Sharma (@AntrikshShar) writes about Understanding how Time Intelligence functions are evaluated in Row Context
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about Best Practices for Integrated Notes & Annotations in Power BI

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) talks about Power BI Themes with Custom Icons, describes Extra Ranking Labels in Bar Charts and explains how to Compare to Previous in Power BI | Visual Calculations DAX
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science explains How to clear a slicer dynamically based on another slicer's selection in Power BI?
• On Acuity Training, Ben Richardson (@AcuityTraining) delves into Creating A Bullet Chart In Power BI
• Davide Bacci shares the Gantt 2.0 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, Nikki Waghani (@NikkiWaghani) announces On-premises data gateway May 2024 release
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) walks through Diagnosing Power BI DirectQuery Connection Limit Performance Problems With Execution Metrics and writes that Migrating From Power BI P-SKU Premium Capacities To F-SKU Capacities Is Not The Same Thing As Enabling Fabric
• Andrzej Leszkiewicz (@avatorl) explains how to Update Power BI Dataset (Semantic Model) More Than 8 Times a Day (Without Premium)
• Gilbert Quevauvilliers (@GilbertQue) describes Using Sempy to Authenticate to Fabric/Power BI APIs using Service Principal and Azure Key Vault

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, Jason Himmelstein (@jasehimm) shares the Power BI May 2024 Feature Summary
• Also on the Power BI blog, Arun Ulagaratchagan (@arunulag) shares Announcing Microsoft Fabric Community Conference Europe
• Also on the Power BI blog, Kim Manis (@kimmanis) writes that Copilot in Microsoft Fabric is now generally available in the Power BI experience
• On the BIFocal podcast, John White and Jason Himmelstein (@bifocalshow) present Episode 277 - Power BI & Fabric News

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