Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #271

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Data Prep

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

• On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@RADACAD_COM) describes Getting Started with Power Query in Power BI Desktop
• Rick de Groot (@Rickmaurinus) talks about Removing Milliseconds from a time value in Power Query M | 3 Methods
• Lars Schreiber (@SchreiberLars) covers Quartalswerte Ganzzahlig Monate verteilen mit Power Query [German]
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science describes How to remove a portion of characters form text column or Excel MID like function in Power Query

Data Modeling

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

• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) describes 5 Super Helpful DAX Tricks
• On the Excel Basement YouTube channel, Rahim Zulfiqar Ali (@rahimzulfiqar) describes how to Show TopN Products and Others in Microsoft Power BI
• On the Business Intelligist blog, Andre Fomin (@AndreFomin) talks about Your Best Option for Master Data Management in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, Editable by Inforiver

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the endjin blog, Barry Smart (@barry_j_a_smart) talks about Compelling Data Storytelling with Power BI: Global Brand Insights - 20 Years of Financial Trends
• Erik Svensen (@donsvensen) writes about Power BI – Using the matrix visual to create a month calendar
• Roland Szirmai (@BILAnalytics) talks about Top N vs Others Visualizations using Power BI - Split of TopN Sales vs Others
• On myOnlineTraininghub, Mynda Treacy (@OnlineTrainingH) describes 4 Power BI Design Tricks
• Ben Richardson (@AcuityTraining) has updated the article: Creating A Combo Chart (Two-Axis Chart) In Power BI

Deployment, Security and Operations

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

• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about Power BI Automation With Semantic Link (Sandeep Pawar)
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) writes about Monitoring The Opening Of DirectQuery Connections In Power BI
• On the Power BI community blog, Sam Kumar (@inogic) writes about Automating Tasks in Power BI Reports with Power Automate Buttons

General

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

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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