Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #261

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Data Prep

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

• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about Maintaining Query Folding when Merging with Different Data Types
• Rick de Groot (@Rickmaurinus) talks about Introducing Power Query How (Master the M language)
• On the Select Distinct blog, David Laws (@SelectDistLtd) writes about Optimal Data Import Methods in Power BI

Data Modeling

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

• On the Power BI community blog, Dragon Chou writes about Fuzzy queries by using DAX codes
• Andrzej Leszkiewicz (@avatorl) writes about In Power BI, Normalizing a Dimension is (Not) Crucial for Usability and Performance
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) talks about Actual v/s Rolling Budget in Power BI
• Roland Szirmai (@BILAnalytics) writes about No More Manual Date Changes in Power BI | Learn How to Create Dynamic Timeframe Information

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science describes How to enable & disable data label dynamically for Power BI visuals
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) talks about the New Card & Reference Labels in Power BI
• On the Power BI community blog, Daisy Yang describes Tips on adjusting the scaling of visual objects on maps
• Shahab Hoghooghi (@ShahabHoghooghi) talks about Mastering the Basics: Power BI Dashboard Design Fundamentals (Persian)

Deployment, Security and Operations

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

• Marc Lelijveld (@MarcLelijveld) writes about Dynamically refreshing (historical) partitions in Power BI Incremental Refresh Semantic Models using Fabric Semantic Link
• Mark Endicott talks about Advanced Incremental refresh in Power BI
• Gerhard Brueckl (@gbrueckl) announces Release of Power BI Studio v2.0 (VSCode extension)
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) discusses Power BI Semantic Model Memory Errors, Part 3: The Command Memory Limit
• Ignacio Barrau (@ignacho_07) covers [SimplePBI] Importar archivo de PowerBi de Github o Azure DevOps [Spanish]

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, Lada Hill highlights that The general availability of Copilot for Power BI is rolling out starting today
• Also on the Power BI blog, Nirupama Srinivasan (@MSPowerBI) announces Power BI Report Server May 2024 Feature Summary
• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) explains how to Install Power BI Desktop the Right Way (2024)
• Paul Turley (@paul_turley) provides Microsoft Fabric Roadmap & Feature Status Report

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