Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #127

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Data Prep

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

• Ben Gribaudo (@bgribaudo) walks through Describing a Functions Record Parameters and writes about Relationship Columns and Their Names
• On the Enterprise DNA blog, Melissa de Korte (@_EnterpriseDNA) blogs about Table Value – A Common Structured Value In Power BI and describes how to Easily Compare Two Tables in Power Query
• Rick de Groot (@Rickmaurinus) shares a few blogs: Replace Values in Power Query – Ultimate Guide, Pivot Text Values in Power Query – Explained and 3 Ways to Add Leading Zero to Number in Power Query
• On the Burningsuit blog, Alan Harman-Box writes about I have the Power(query): using Power Query to call REST APIs
• On the Power BI Community blog, Yingjie Li describes Batch conversion of headers and column values
• Parker Stevens (@PowerBIElite) describes how to Bulk Write Back to SQL from Power BI

Data Modeling

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

• Phil Seamark (@PhilSeamark) talks about Power BI Multiple Aggregations tables
• On the SQLBI blog, Alberto Ferrari (@FerrariAlberto) shares a few tutorials: ROW – DAX Guide, DATATABLE – DAX Guide and DateTime – DAX Guide
• Also on the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo & Alberto Ferrari blogs about Controlling drillthrough in Excel PivotTables connected to Power BI or Analysis Services
• On the Forsight BI blog, Ahmed Oyelowo (@AhmedOyelowo) shares a DAX Formula To Rank Based On Multiple Values
• Patrick Leblanc (@GuyInACube) describes One Click Calculation Group in Power BI
• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) shares DAX! Uggg – Where do you start? | Power BI
• Antriksh Sharma (@AntrikshShar) discusses SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR in Case of Missing Years in DAX for Power BI, Power Pivot, & SSAS and explains how to Find Sales on the Last Date with DAX in Power BI
• Pat Mahoney (@mahoneypa) writes that It's About Time - Part One
• Hima Bindu Marri (@sivahimabindu) describes how to Sync Slicers in Power BI
• On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@Rad_Reza) blogs about Power BI HR Pattern | DAX Measures for the Last Position to Date | Last Status to Date, explains how to Generate Year and Month Combinations in Power BI Report using DAX and talks about What a Power BI Hierarchy Is and How to Use it
• On the Tessellation Tech blog, Gavin Pedersen covers Power BI’s SUM vs SUMX: What is the Difference, REALLY?
• On the Purple Frog Systems blog, Joe Billingham walks through Increasing DAX Filter Speed and Efficiency
• On the Power BI Tips and Tricks blog, James Bartlett shares Three New Time-Saving Scripts for Tabular Editor
• On the Power BI Community blog, Greg Deckler (@GregDeckler) writes Localizing the Data Model - Part 4

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the Power BI blog, Ancy Philip (@ancyphilip) announces the public preview of Insights
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) talks about Improving the Time Intelligence Slicer & Avoiding Circular Dependencies
• Matt Allington (@ExceleratorBI) writes about Dynamic Commentary in Power BI
• Mike Allen (@MikeAinOz) talks about Paginated Reports for Planner Reporting
• On the Prologika blog, Teo Lachev (@tlachev) describes how to Drillthrough Paginated Reports
• On the Power BI Tips and Tricks blog, Mike Carlo (@PowerBITips) provides A better way to Mobile
• David Abu talks about Conditional Formatting in Power BI
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science talks about Line Chart Series Labels in Power BI
• Dhruvin Shah (@DhruvinShah16) talks about Series Labels for Power BI Line Charts, Insights in Power BI Announcing Public Preview for Power BI Insights September 2021 Updates and Next-Generation Power BI Buttons
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) blogs about Dealing with double headers 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 blog, Arthi Ramasubramanian Iyer (@ArthiRamasubra1) writes that On-premises data gateway September 2021 update is now available
• On the Power BI blog, Noam Raveh shares some Power BI Embedded Analytics Playground Updates
• On the Power BI blog, Rick Xu announces the A New Admin API to determine who has access to what (Public Preview)
• Marc Lelijveld (@MarcLelijveld) wonders Do I need Power BI Premium?
• Gilbert Quevauvilliers (@GilbertQue) describes How to show a different contact for each report/dashboard within a Power BI App
• On LaDataWeb, Ignacio Barrau (@ignacho_07) describes how to Ejecutar DAX con Power Bi Rest API [Spanish]

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, Jeroen ter Heerdt (@jeroenterheerdt) shares the Power BI September 2021 Feature Summary
• On the BIFocal podcast, John White and Jason Himmelstein (@bifocalshow) share Episode 205 - Interview with Patrick Leblanc
• The Knee-Deep in Tech team (@KneeDeepinTech) describes Podcast episode 159
• Adam Saxton and Patrick Leblanc (@GuyInACube) present Power BI tips from the Pros – LIVE (September 25, 2021)
• On the Power BI community blog, Ted Pattison (@TedPattison) highlights the Power BI Dev Camp: September 30th-Developing Power BI for Dataverse + PowerApps, and Dynamics 365 CE

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.