Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #291

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Data Prep

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

• Laura Graham-Brown (@Laura_GB) writes about Power Query – Creating New Parameter Made Easier and Power Query – Fixing Missing Columns Dynamically
• On the SQL Server Central blog, John Kerski (@JKerski) describes Comparing Groups for Similarities in Power Query – Using Cosine Similarity
• Chandeep Chhabra (@chandeep2786) presents Getting Started with {M} in Power Query | Live Event
• Sunil Mathew (@_sunil_mathew_) describes how to Dynamically Switch Data source (Excel to SQL) with Power Query Parameters | Power BI Tutorials
• Shivanshu Bisht describes how to Combine Multiple Google Sheets in Power Query
• Andy Forrester describes Importing Microsoft Project Data into Power BI Using Python

Data Modeling

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

• On the Power BI community blog, Tharun Kumar Ravikrindhi discusses SVG based Power BI semantic model columns and measures are great but there is a problem
• ,, Parul Sagar (@parulsagar) writes about Statistical Insights Using CHISQ.DIST in Power BI DAX

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the Business Intelligist blog, Nikil Prabhakar covers Unlocking the Power of Field Parameters in Power BI
• On the Power BI community blog, Anmol Malviya explains how to Manage Large Datasets More Efficiently with Power BI’s New Data Limit Feature
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about Waterfall Charts with Categories (and Considerations...)
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) explains how to Build this unique chart with me | Power BI
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science (@learn_scitech) explains How to add more than two data labels to Columns, Bars, Lines, and Ribbon charts in Power BI?
• Audrée Pellerin (@lecfomasque) covers Intelligence artificielle dans Power BI : Visuels [French]

Deployment, Security and Operations

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

• On the Microsoft Fabric Café YouTube channel, Reid Havens (@HavensBI) describes how to Avoid Data Silos | Best Practices for Implementing Shared Semantic Models
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) writes about Changing The Source Lakehouse Of Power BI Direct Lake Models In Deployment Pipelines
• Mimoune Djouallah (@mim_djo) writes about Fabric for Small Enterprises
• Lasse Malo writes Forget The Publish Button In Power BI Desktop Ever Existed

General

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

• Eugene Meidinger (@sqlgene) discusses How Power BI Dogma Leads to a Lack of Understanding
• On the RADACAD blog, Reza Rad (@RADACAD_COM) talks about Where to Start Microsoft Fabric as a Power BI Developer
• Ioannis Doganos describes How I automated a monthly PowerPoint presentation using Power BI

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