Power BI Weekly Newsletter Issue #149

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Data Prep

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

• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) presents So, we just wait? Why is my Dataflow waiting?
• Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) describes the New Options For The Table.Buffer Function In Power Query
• Imke Feldmann (@TheBIccountant) covers TRIMMEAN function for Power Query and Power BI and writes about the Excel WEEKNUM function for Power Query
• On the Enterprise DNA blog, Sam McKay (@_EnterpriseDNA) describes Power Query Best Practices For Your Data Model
• Gašper Kamenšek (@ExcelUnplugged) explains how to Join Types in Power Query – Part 2: Lookup Dashboard
• Ruth Pozuelo Martinez (@CurbalEN) provides A technique to count anything in Power Query and some in DAX too
• On the SQL Server Central blog, Daniel Calbimonte (@dcalbimonte) describes how to Import Web pages with Power BI
• On the MSSQLTips site, Kenneth A. Omorodion (@mssqltips) explains how to Get Files from SharePoint Folders in Power BI when Column Names or Column Numbers are Expected to Change

Data Modeling

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

• On the SQLBI blog, Marco Russo (@marcorus) describes How to return BLANK instead of zero
• Also on the SQLBI blog, Alberto Ferrari (@FerrariAlberto) describes ISERROR – DAX Guide
• Mimoune Djouallah (@mim_djo) explains how to Optimize PowerBI Direct Query performance by using Star Schema and Dual Mode.
• On the Towards Data Science blog, Salvatore Cagliari (@TDataScience) describes Three steps for expanding my Tabular model
• On the Enterprise DNA blog, Antriksh Sharma (@_EnterpriseDNA) describes Expanded Tables In Power BI
• On the Power BI community blog, Yingjie Li describes how to Randomly filter with RAND or SAMPLE functions
• Daniil Maslyuk (@DMaslyuk) describes Power BI Antipatterns #5: CALCULATE
• Urish Arora (@urisharora) describes Calculate – One of the most used DAX functions and discusses Power BI – Use of RANKX function on multiple columns
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) discusses Week Calculations in Power BI #Shorts
• Reid Havens (@HavensBI) describes How To Organize Your DAX Measures Better
• Bernat Agulló (@AgulloBernat) describes Easy Management of Referential Integrity

Report Authoring and Interactivity

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

• Adam Saxton (@GuyInACube) shares Some tips for your data labels in Power BI
• James Andrew describes how to Display Multiple DAX Measures Within a Single Power BI Visualization | Disconnected Slicers
• On the Learning Science YouTube channel, Learning Science talks about the Merged Bar Chart in Power BI by Nova Silva
• On the SQL Shack blog, Gauri Mahajan (@GauriMahajan12) writes about Natural Language based data exploration in Power BI
• Pascal Kiefer (@Pascal__Ki) explains How To Embed And Play Videos In Your Power BI Reports
• Bas Dohmen (@HowToPowerBI) discusses Think Twice Before Using a Pie Chart

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 the general availability of service principal profiles in Power BI Embedded
• Ted Pattison (@TedPattison) presents Power BI Dev Camp Session 19 - Managing Power BI using the Power BI Admin APIs with Rick Xu
• Ruth Pozuelo Martinez (@CurbalEN) talks about Guest access in Power BI
• Philipp Lenz (@lenz_philipp) covers Page Level Security inside Power BI?
• Gilbert Quevauvilliers (@GilbertQue) covers Introduction into my blog series on "Which Power BI Reports do I have access to?"
• John White (@diverdown1964) explains how to Connect Power BI to Azure Monitor data using Direct Query with Azure Data Explorer
• On LaDataWeb, Ignacio Barrau (@ignacho_07) describes how to Obtener dataflows sin conexión a un dataset [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) highlights the Power BI March 2022 Feature Summary
• On the RADACAD YouTube channel, Reza Rad (@Rad_Reza) lists the Top Five Myth and Misconceptions about Power BI
• Adam Saxton and Patrick Leblanc (@GuyInACube) present Power BI tips from the Pros – LIVE (Mar 19, 2022) (Member Chat 2nd Half)

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.