Power BI Desktop Update - May 2018
Power BI Desktop Update - May 2018
There are a slew of new items in the Power BI Desktop Update - May 2018. Some features to call out are incremental refresh, a new From web experience and updates to conditional formatting.
Reporting
• Conditional formatting by a different field [00:56]
• Advanced slicer syncing [03:40]
• Log axis improvements [05:46]
• Data label options for funnel chart [06:23]
• Set line stroke width to zero [06:49]
Analytics
• Measure drillthrough [02:08]
Scalability
• Incremental refresh (preview) [07:42]
Custom visuals [09:43]
• Collage by CloudScope
• Chinese Color Map
Data connectivity
• New From Web connector - By example data extraction (preview) [10:17]
Other Data Connectors start at [12:09]
• Common Data Service for Apps connector (beta)
• Azure KustoDB connector (beta)
• Google BigQuery and Azure HDInsight Spark connectors now generally available
• Adobe Analytics connector update - Support for multiple domain logins (preview)
• Visual Studio Team Services connector update - Analytics views support
Blog: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2018/04/16/power-bi-and-vsts-integration-made-easy/
• OLE DB connector update - Support for alternate Windows credentials
• SAP BW DirectQuery connector updates
- Improved technical name support
- Additional key and text field properties available
Query editing
• Improvements to Add Column From Examples [12:57]
Go to GitHub to download the sample report used in this walkthrough.
https://github.com/Microsoft/powerbi-desktop-samples
For more information about the Business Application Summit, see the following: https://www.microsoft.com/businessapplicationssummit.
If you’re looking for a similar design for your reports, I was using the Sunset layout from PowerBI.Tips: https://powerbi.tips/product/layouts-sunset/
Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/mspowerbi
More questions? Try asking the Power BI Community @ https://community.powerbi.com/
Reporting
• Conditional formatting by a different field [00:56]
• Advanced slicer syncing [03:40]
• Log axis improvements [05:46]
• Data label options for funnel chart [06:23]
• Set line stroke width to zero [06:49]
Analytics
• Measure drillthrough [02:08]
Scalability
• Incremental refresh (preview) [07:42]
Custom visuals [09:43]
• Collage by CloudScope
• Chinese Color Map
Data connectivity
• New From Web connector - By example data extraction (preview) [10:17]
Other Data Connectors start at [12:09]
• Common Data Service for Apps connector (beta)
• Azure KustoDB connector (beta)
• Google BigQuery and Azure HDInsight Spark connectors now generally available
• Adobe Analytics connector update - Support for multiple domain logins (preview)
• Visual Studio Team Services connector update - Analytics views support
Blog: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2018/04/16/power-bi-and-vsts-integration-made-easy/
• OLE DB connector update - Support for alternate Windows credentials
• SAP BW DirectQuery connector updates
- Improved technical name support
- Additional key and text field properties available
Query editing
• Improvements to Add Column From Examples [12:57]
Go to GitHub to download the sample report used in this walkthrough.
https://github.com/Microsoft/powerbi-desktop-samples
For more information about the Business Application Summit, see the following: https://www.microsoft.com/businessapplicationssummit.
If you’re looking for a similar design for your reports, I was using the Sunset layout from PowerBI.Tips: https://powerbi.tips/product/layouts-sunset/
Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/mspowerbi
More questions? Try asking the Power BI Community @ https://community.powerbi.com/
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