Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #144

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Data Prep

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

• Gašper Kamenšek (@ExcelUnplugged) writes about Why You Should Know Power Query – Part 1: Fill
• Pat Mahoney (@mahoneypa) describes An easy way to handle Daylight Savings Time in Power Query
• On the Tessellation Tech blog, Spencer Baucke (@JSBaucke) describes YTD Flags in Power Query
• Kreimir Ledinski (@Exceed_ltd) writes about Dynamic Coalesce in PowerQuery
• On the MSSQLTips site, John Miner (@JohnMiner3) covers Leveraging the Power Query activity within Azure Data Factory
• Also on the MSSQLTips site, Scott Murray describes Power BI Designing with Diagrams
• Delia Fernandez (@datachant) provides an Introduction to Power BI Dataflows
• On the Enterprise DNA blog, George Mount (@_EnterpriseDNA) writes about Three Ways To Use R Script In Power BI and covers Using R In Power BI - An Exploration
• David Abu (@DavidAbu_) discusses Cleaning Multiple Files in Power BI

Data Modeling

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

• On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) shares [Updated] Best practices using SUMMARIZE and ADDCOLUMNS
• Also on the SQLBI blog, Alberto Ferrari (@FerrariAlberto) covers Analyzing related geography attributes in different tables in Power BI – Unplugged 42, describes ISEMPTY – DAX Guide and delves into ROUND, ROUNDDOWN, ROUNDUP, TRUNC – DAX Guide
• Nazarena Tossolini writes about Cohort Análisis [Spanish]
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) shares Understand how to analyze by week in Power BI
• On the Towards Data Science blog, Salvatore Cagliari (@TDataScience) writes about Dynamic Time Intelligence in DAX made easy
• Brian Julius (@_EnterpriseDNA) talks about Addressing Troublesome Time Intelligence Issues In Power BI and explains How To Dynamically Select Starting Period For Any Chart In Power BI
• Fowmy Abdulmuttalib (@ExcelFort) presents a webinar: Why Do My DAX Formulas Return Wrong Results?
• Bernat Agulló (@AgulloBernat) shares some One-click calculation groups for your toolbelt
• Edward Pollack (@EdwardPollack) describes Vertipaq optimization and its impact on columnstore compression

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• On the Power BI blog, Ranin Salameh (@rsalameh) writes about Inforiver – No-Code Partner Innovation for End-User Self-Service inside Power BI
• On the endjin blog, Paul Waller (@Crashbangwaller) describes How to Create Custom Buttons in Power BI
• Allison Kennedy (@ExcelAllison) writes about Power BI Formatting
• Pat Mahoney (@mahoneypa) presents Getting Started With the Deneb Visual in Power BI and talks about Getting Help With the Deneb Visual in Power BI
• Ruth Pozuelo Martinez (@CurbalEN) shares Powerful storytelling technique in Power BI from storytelling by data book
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) presents Faster Reporting and Insights Using InfoRiver with Matt Allington
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science talks about Designing Power BI Report for Mobile Devices
• On the SQL Shack blog, Gauri Mahajan (@GauriMahajan12) blogs about Introduction to the latest features of Power BI Desktop
• Hima Bindu Marri (@sivahimabindu) talks about Key Performance Indicators in Power BI
• Patrick Leblanc (@GuyInACube) describes How to get Secure Images 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 announces General availability of Export Power BI report to file API
• On the Power BI Tips and Tricks blog, the Explicit Measures podcast team (@PowerBITips) discusses Certified vs. Promoted Dataset?
• Dhruvin Shah (@DhruvinShah16) talks about Power BI Goals - Create connected goals in Power BI
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) describes how to Speed Up Power BI Refresh By Increasing The Amount Of Memory On Your On-Premises Data Gateway Machine

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 (Feb 12, 2022)
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) presents Starting your journey with Power BI with Gaston Cruz
• On the Power BI Tips and Tricks blog, Steve Campbell (@PowerBISteve) writes about 8 Mistakes I made to Start Learning Power BI
• Patrick Leblanc (@GuyInACube) presents How do I get my Excel users to use Power BI?

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.