Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #285

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Data Prep

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

• No content this week

Data Modeling

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

• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) writes about Finding The Size Of All Of The Columns Touched By A DAX Query
• Sarah Gendron (@lecfomasque) covers Comprendre les références de colonnes et de mesures en DAX [French]
• On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@RADACAD_COM) talks about Power BI Performance Tuning Step 2 Create Aggregated table in 3 ways
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about AI Assistant for Tabular Editor (Andrzej Leszkiewicz)

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) covers Line Animation in Power BI Map Visual
• Parul Sagar (@parulsagar) writes about the new Azure Maps Path Layer in Power BI
• Dhruvin Shah (@DhruvinShah16) discusses Text Filter in Power BI
• On the DevScope YouTube channel, Dinis Silveira (@DevScope) covers Filter by List
• On the Power BI community blog, Anmol Malviya writes about Displaying the Last 6 Months of Data Based on a Single Slicer Selection in Power BI
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) walks through Creating a Range Bar with a Native Visual
• Sunil Mathew (@_sunil_mathew_) delves into Scroller Visual in Power BI using SVG | Native Visual
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science (@learn_scitech) discusses Sales Velocity Compass Custom 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 Power BI community blog, Tharun Kumar Ravikrindhi describes Unlocking the Power of Power BI Goals (Metrics): A Hidden Gem

General

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

• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) talks about If I Had to Relearn Power BI From Scratch, Here’s What I’d Do Differently
• Miguel Félix covers Atualização Power BI novembro 2024 [Portuguese]

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