Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #265

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Data Prep

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

• Roland Szirmai (@BILAnalytics) describes Fixing Power Query CSV Import Issues - No More Missing Columns in Power BI
• Dominique Vanasse (@lecfomasque) covers Power Query : Découvrez l’éditeur de requêtes pour Excel et Power BI [French]

Data Modeling

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

• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about Power BI Storage Modes in Microsoft Fabric (with Phil Seamark)
• Andrzej Leszkiewicz (@avatorl) blogs about Power BI Report Refresh Performance Analyzer
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) writes about Calculate(), Filter() And DAX Memory Usage
• On the Power BI community blog, Arul explains How to Find Missing Customers in Power BI Using DAX Functions
• Justin Martin (@dax_noob_justin) describes Creating User-Driven Default Slicer Selections

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) talks about 3 Power BI Visuals You Haven't Seen Before
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about Easy-to-Read Multi-Variance Native Visual in Power BI

Deployment, Security and Operations

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

• On the Fabric blog, Bogdan Blaga (@MSPowerBI) announces Power BI Admin portal Usage metrics dashboard retirement

General

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

• Jason Cockington (@JasonCockington) covers Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence – 2024 Update
• Romain Casteres (@PulsWeb) demonstrates Analyzing Solar Panel production and home energy consumption in real time with Microsoft Fabric

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