Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #125

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Data Prep

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

• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) describes Preserving Data Types With SQL Queries In Power Query And Power BI
• Mimoune Djouallah (@mim_djo) describes how to Share Data from a Power BI Dataset using Dataflow
• Matt Allington (@ExceleratorBI) talks about When to use Power Query/M vs Data Modelling/DAX with Ken Puls
• Soheil Bakhshi (@biinsightnz) shares a Quick Tip: Adding Leading Zero to Integer Values Padding with DAX and Power Query
• On the Enterprise DNA blog, Melissa de Korte (@_EnterpriseDNA) writes about the M Language and Power Query Editor In Power BI
• Mike Allen (@MikeAinOz) blogs about Power BI Workflows In Excel with ADLS2
• On the dev.to blog, Matt Thacker (@mthacker09) describes Working With APIs in Microsoft's Power BI
• Ruth Pozuelo Martinez (@CurbalEN) explains How to do Pagination on a REST API in Power Query (Part 1)
• On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@Rad_Reza) delves into Creating Column Values Distribution Report in Power BI Using Power Query
• Rick de Groot (@Rickmaurinus) describes how to Filter Column by List Items Exact Match in Power Query
• Allison Kennedy writes about Advanced Filter OR vs AND
• On the Power BI Community blog, Xiaoxin describes Some filter operations based on character functions

Data Modeling

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

• Patrick Leblanc (@GuyInACube) talks about When is a date not a date in Power BI?
• Antriksh Sharma (@AntrikshShar) describes how to Sort Columns in a Matrix in Descending order with DAX in Power BI
• On the Power BI Community blog, Greg Deckler (@GregDeckler) writes a series of blogs: Localizing the Data Model - Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
• Matt Allington (@ExceleratorBI) talks about Variables in DAX
• On the Purple Frog Systems blog, Jeet Kainth writes about Variables in DAX
• Brian Julius writes about What Does "Variables Are Constants" Really Mean?
• On the SQLBI blog, Alberto Ferrari (@FerrariAlberto) discusses NATURALINNERJOIN, NATURALLEFTOUTERJOIN – DAX Guide and NONVISUAL – DAX Guide
• On the Power BI Tips and Tricks blog, James Bartlett shares a tool to Copy Power BI Desktop Server:Port Connection String to Clipboard
• Leila Gharani (@LeilaGharani) shares a Smart Excel Pivot Table Trick - Choose Your KPI from Slicer Excel Dashboard with DAX
• Hima Bindu Marri (@sivahimabindu) covers ParallelPeriod in Power BI

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the Enterprise DNA blog, Mudassir Ali blogs about Power BI Charts And Visuals Inside Charticulator
• On the Power BI community blog, Fowmy Abdulmuttalib (@ExcelFort) discusses Part-2 How To Highlight Events, Moving Average & Build Rich Tooltips In Power BI
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) describes Showing multiple forecasts in one chart in Power BI and talks about TopN confusion in Power BI | When the Top3 doesn't return 3 items
• On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@Rad_Reza) explains Drill Down and Up in Power BI
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) describes Getting Started with Paginated Reports with Johnny Winter
• Ruth Pozuelo Martinez (@CurbalEN) describes how to Work faster in Power BI
• Ted Pattison (@TedPattison) presents Power BI Dev Camp Session 13 - Developing with Salesforce in Power BI Reports

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, Alon Baram provides the Export Power BI report to file API – Preview Update
• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) talks about the Power BI XMLA Endpoint: Why you should care
• Kevin Chant (@kevchant) shares a Nifty Power BI fix in Synapse Studio

General

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

• On the BIFocal podcast, John White and Jason Himmelstein (@bifocalshow) share Episode 204 - Power BI News Update
• On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Allison Kennedy presents the Auckland Power BI user group | Collaborate and Share Power BI through Teams

Useful Links

• 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
• 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
• Power BI Events - Interactive report displaying upcoming Power BI events worldwide, built by Matt Allington, Phil Seamark and Reid Havens
• Power BI Days - Free-to-attend virtual and in-person community events, all across the world. If you're wanting to organize an event, that's possible too - it's still free, and comes with support.