Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #272

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Data Prep

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

• On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@RADACAD_COM) explains how to Convert Date Datatype correctly using Power Query in Power BI
• Miguel Félix covers Cálculos dinâmicos no Power Query [Portuguese]
• Jeff Lenning (@Exceluniversity) describes how to Split Amount into Annual Columns
• Soheil Bakhshi (@biinsightnz) describes Microsoft Fabric: Troubleshooting Query Parameters in Published Semantic Models
• Rick de Groot (@Rickmaurinus) describes Creating a 445 Calendar (incl 454, 544) in Power Query M

Data Modeling

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

• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) writes about Which Columns Are Loaded Into Memory When In Power BI Direct Lake Mode?
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science talks about DAX USERRELATIONSHIP function with an example in Power BI
• Morten Lønskov announces Tabular Editor 3: August 2024 Release

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Kurt Buhler (@kurtbuhler) describes Highlighting a data point and comparing to all others in a distribution
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) discusses The Power of SVGs in Power BI (Kerry Kolosko) and walks through Creating a Calendar Slicer from a Matrix Table (with Erik Svensen)
• Sunil Mathew (@_sunil_mathew_) describes how to Show Top N with 'Others' in Your Visuals | Power BI Tutorial
• Avi Singh (@powerbipro) explains how to Avoid This Common Power BI Mistake: Why Flat Tables are Bad
• On the Power BI community blog, Someleze Diko (@DikoSomeleze) describes how to Achieve an End-to-End Data Analysis for your data in Fabric Part 2
• Andrzej Leszkiewicz (@avatorl) describes How to Improve your Dashboard Design? and writes 🔴 Use the Analyze Feature to Explain Fluctuations in Report Visuals

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, Bogdan Blaga (@MSPowerBI) shares Announcing: Admin monitoring workspace is now available in US government cloud tenants (GCC, GCC High, DoD)
• On the Prologika blog, Teo Lachev (@tlachev) covers Fabric Direct Lake: Memory Utilization with Interactive Operations and covers Fabric Capacity Limits

General

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

• On the Power BI community blog, DataNinja777 writes about Creating lease accounting app using Power BI
• On the BIFocal podcast, John White and Jason Himmelstein (@bifocalshow) present Episode 281 - Interview With Charles Webb

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