Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #296

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Data Prep

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

• Rick de Groot (@Rickmaurinus) discusses Understanding Metadata in Power Query M
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) describes Reading Delta Metadata In Power Query
• On the Power BI community blog, Anmol Malviya walks through Using Variables While Creating Custom Columns in Power Query
• Audrée Pellerin (@lecfomasque) covers Intelligence artificielle dans Power BI : Fonctions personnalisées avec Azure Machine Learning [French]
• Parul Sagar (@parulsagar) writes Power BI Fuzzy Matching Demystified: Fix Messy Data Like a Pro

Data Modeling

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

• On the RADACAD blog, Reza Rad (@RADACAD_COM) discusses Power BI Aggregations Step 3: Configure Aggregation Functions and Test Aggregations in Action
• Zoe Douglas (@MSPowerBI) covers DAX query 102: DAX formulas and measures with DEFINE MEASURE
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science (@learn_scitech) explains How to calculate dynamic RANK in Power BI? | RANKX function in DAX
• Lars Schreiber (@SchreiberLars) covers Top-Produkte und "Andere" korrekt sortieren | Power BI [German]
• On the endjin blog, Jessica Hill (@JessRoseHill_) writes about Encoding categorical data for Power BI: Label encoding vs one-hot encoding which encoding technique to use?

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Kurt Buhler (@kurtbuhler) writes about Using pie charts is not the end of the world

Deployment, Security and Operations

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

• On the Fabric blog, Yael Biss (@MSPowerBI) writes How can I decide which protection method to use to protect my sensitive data in Fabric?
• On the Power BI community blog, Idriss Shatila explains how to Exclude Table Refresh in Power BI using TMDL

General

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

• No content this week

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