Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #275

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Data Prep

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

• On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@RADACAD_COM) talks about Duplicate VS Reference in Power Query in Power BI and Fabric Dataflows and and Power Query Basics of M Scripting in Power BI and Fabric
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science (@learn_scitech) describes How to remove special characters from a text column in Power Query?
• Gilbert Quevauvilliers (@GilbertQue) writes Did you know external Guest users can connect to your Semantic Model using Excel
• Rick de Groot (@Rickmaurinus) writes Understanding Semi Joins in Power Query M
• Shivanshu Bisht describes Wildcard Filtering by PQ + DAX or Custom Visual

Data Modeling

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

• On the RADACAD blog, Reza Rad (@RADACAD_COM) discusses REFRAME in Power BI Direct Lake
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) explores Advanced Relationship Properties In Power BI Copilot
• On the Business Intelligist blog, Andre Fomin (@AndreFomin) talks about DAX for Time Series Forecasting in Power BI
• Darren Gosbell (@darrengosbell) highlights the DAX Studio v3.2.1 Release
• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) covers The Surprising Enhancements for DAX Query View in Power BI with Zoe Douglas
• Laura Graham-Brown (@Laura_GB) talks about a DevOps Parent Child Hierarchy in Power BI
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) hosts Awesome Use-Cases with DAX Query View with Zoe Douglas
• Jon Stjernegaard Vöge writes about Mastering Power BI Hierarchies: Conditional Drill Through and returning values only for specific hierarchy levels

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the endjin blog, Jessica Hill (@JessRoseHill_) writes about Why Power BI developers should care about the Power BI enhanced report format (PBIR)
• On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) covers Context transition in DAX explained visually
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) describes A Game-Changer for Map Visuals in Power BI Distance Filtering
• Sunil Mathew (@_sunil_mathew_) explains how to Build an Interactive Sales Dashboard in Power BI and describes how to Highlight Min/Max Values Across Multiple Years
• Kurt Buhler (@kurtbuhler) covers Myths, Magic, and Copilot for Power BI
• On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@RADACAD_COM) covers Timesaving Tips to Create Polished Power BI Reports by Allison Kennedy Auckland Power BI & Fabric
• Roland Szirmai (@BILAnalytics) explains how to Transform Your Power BI Reports with Conditional Slicers

Deployment, Security and Operations

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

• Nandan Hegde (@nandan_hegde15) shares an Automated Way for PBIX to PBIP file Conversion
• Jon Stjernegaard Vöge describes How to share Fabric / Power BI Semantic Models with External Users, describes Exploring the new Dynamic Subscriptions for Power BI Reports and writes about Row Level Security in Microsoft Fabric — Update: No need for Tabular Editor!

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, Sid Vemuri announces TMDL support for the ALM Toolkit

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