Episode 72 – October Power BI Desktop Update

This is episode 72 recorded on October 19th, 2018 where John & Jason talk to about the October release of Power BI Desktop, and a little about publish to web reports.

Show Notes

Reporting

• Search in filter cards
• Improved accessible authoring experiences
• Performance improvements for ArcGIS Map

Modeling

• DAX editor improvements
   

Analytics

• Composite models & Aggregation support in the Power BI service (preview)
• Explain the increase for non-additive measures
   

Custom visuals

• Mapbox updates – 3D extrusion on fill maps & more
• Various bar & column chart visuals by Akvelon
• 3AG Systems – Column chart with small multiples
• 3AG Systems – Bar chart with absolute variance
• 3AG Systems – Column chart with relative variance
   

Data connectivity

• Web By Example connector is now generally available
• SAP BW Connector implementation v2 is now generally available
• SAP BW Message Server Connector is now generally available
• Vertica connector is now generally available
• Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central connectors are now generally available
• New Dynamics 365 Business Central On-premises connector

Data preparation

• Data Profiling in Query Editor (preview)
• Fuzzy Matching options for Merge Queries (preview)

Other

• Control export data options for your reports
• Transport layer security settings

Dave Ruijter’s Public Reports Gallery

Power BI Report Server release timing update

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-report-server-release-timing-update/

September Desktop Episode

http://bifocalwebsite.azurewebsites.net/2018/09/18/power-bi-desktop-ignite-session-picks/