Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #141

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Data Prep

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

• Ben Gribaudo (@bgribaudo) writes about Power Query M Primer (Part 23): Query Folding I
• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) explains How we optimize Power Query and Power BI Dataflows
• Brian Julius (@_EnterpriseDNA) explains How To Obtain Previous Week Values In Power BI
• On the Towards Data Science blog, Peter Hui discusses Power BI—Table, Lists and Records
• Parker Stevens (@PowerBIElite) describes Scraping Amazon Product Data using Python and Power BI
• Ruth Pozuelo Martinez (@CurbalEN) explains You are getting files from folders the wrong way in Power BI: Here is how to fix it

Data Modeling

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

• On the endjin blog, Elisenda Gascon (@elisendagascon) discusses Evaluation Contexts in DAX - Relationships and describes Evaluation Contexts in DAX - Context Transition
• Alberto Ferrari (@FerrariAlberto) writes about Using ALLSELECTED in composite models, on the SQLBI blog, talks about SQRT, POWER – DAX Guide and covers GEOMEAN, GEOMEANX – DAX Guide
• Urish Arora (@urisharora) shares a few blogs: Main differences between SQL and DAX, Building Queries Manually In DAX Studio and In Power BI exclude slicer selection from the result with DAX
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) describes Auto-Scaling for DAX - KPI Strings?
• James Andrew discusses Changing Power BI Custom Icons Depending on the Time (DAX | UNICHAR)
• Antriksh Sharma (@_EnterpriseDNA) talks about Working With Expanded Tables In Power BI
• Mimoune Djouallah (@mim_djo) talks about Power BI Hybrid Table, you can have your cake and eat it too
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) describes Hybrid Tables in Power BI
• Belinda Allen (@MsBelindaAllen) blogs about Microsoft Dynamics Business Central as a Data Type in Excel via Power BI

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Pat Mahoney (@mahoneypa) describes Power BI - Scrolling with the Deneb Visual
• Brian Julius (@_EnterpriseDNA) describes How To Dynamically Control Font Properties Via DAX
• Sam McKay (@_EnterpriseDNA) covers Transformation High-Level Analytics with Power BI
• Hima Bindu Marri (@sivahimabindu) talks about Small multiples in Power BI
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science describes Small Multiples in Power BI
• On the SQL Server Central blog, Scott Murray discusses Power BI Zoom and Focus
• On the Tessellation Tech blog, Spencer Baucke (@JSBaucke) covers Report Page Tooltips in Power BI
• Ruth Pozuelo Martinez (@CurbalEN) describes How to pick stunning colors for your 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, Nimrod Shalit writes about Deployment pipelines- Azure DevOps extension, multiple pipelines working together, Dataflows GA
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) describes how to Monitor Power BI Queries And Refreshes With DirectQuery On Log Analytics, Part 3: Queries
• On the Power BI community blog, Ye Tao discusses Is there a limit to the number of embed tokens?
• Marc Lelijveld (@MarcLelijveld) discusses Power BI Workspace setup – Part 1
• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) talks about Power BI Premium Gen2 updates (January 2022)

General

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

• Adam Saxton and Patrick Leblanc (@GuyInACube) present Power BI tips from the Pros – LIVE (Jan 22, 2022) (Member Chat 2nd Half)
• James Andrew explains how to Get Practice Power BI Datasets with these 5 Great Resources

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.