Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #264

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Data Prep

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

• Rick de Groot (@Rickmaurinus) writes about Dynamic Group By Operations in Power Query M and talks about Extracting Year, Month, or Day from a Date in Power Query
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science explains How to combine multiple row values into a single cell in Power Query using Power BI
• On the Power BI community blog, Sam Kumar (@inogic) explains how to Utilize Power BI Semantic Model within Power BI Reports Builder
• Jeff Lenning (@Exceluniversity) explains how to Automate File Cleanup

Data Modeling

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

• On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) blogs about Filter context in DAX explained visually
• Mark Walter (@markwaltercpa) shares some Chapter Notes: The Definitive Guide to DAX
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) hosts Power BI Performance Tuning: Why is my report slow now? With Eugene Meidinger
• Roland Szirmai (@BILAnalytics) explains how to Automate Last Day Slicer in Power BI - Easy Field Parameters Tutorial

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the Business Intelligist blog, Nikil Prabhakar writes about Step-by-Step Guide to the Best Planning and Forecasting Visual in Power BI
• Meagan Longoria (@mmarie) writes about What to Know about Power BI Theme Colors
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) describes How to Create Outstanding Power BI Reports

Deployment, Security and Operations

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

• Marc Lelijveld (@MarcLelijveld) delves into Power BI and Fabric capacities: Understand the difference and cost structure
• Laura Graham-Brown (@Laura_GB) explains how to Allow the use of Power BI Rest APIs and talks about Power Automate – Create the Power BI Workspace
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) blogs about Power BI Semantic Model Memory Errors, Part 4: The Query Memory Limit
• On the Power BI blog, Nikki Waghani (@NikkiWaghani) shares the On-premises data gateway June 2024 release

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, Kim Manis (@kimmanis) highlights that Microsoft named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and BI Platforms

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