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We’re pleased to announce some exciting updates to how makers can use untyped objects. ParseJSON() and untyped objects are very flexible, but we’ve heard your feedback that improvements are needed to require less code and make untyped objects easier to use. So today’s announcement is all about implicit type conversion, or coercion. For untyped objects…

In this post we explore the advantage of using geometric mean over arithmetic mean in Power BI

In a recent blog post, Paul discussed that DevOps, and specifically CI/CD, principles are essential for modern software development, and Power BI is no exception. Power BI CI/CD for enterprise clas…

This article describes how to implement a DAX measure to run faster than what you get from the built-in fusion optimization. In a previous article, we intro

Welcome to the Power BI April 2023 Monthly Update! We are happy to announce that Power BI Desktop is fully supported on Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop) and Windows 365. This month, we have updates to the Preview feature On-object that was announced last month and dynamic format strings for measures. We have additional features in Reporting, Data Connectivity, Service, Paginated Reports, Mobile, and Visualizations. Read on to explore all we have to offer this month!

Introduction: As the need for data-driven decision-making grows, integrating artificial intelligence (AI) with business intelligence (BI) tools has become an invaluable asset for businesses. Two po…

Introduction: In our previous blog post, we walked you through the process of integrating Power BI with OpenAI’s GPT-4 to generate textual insights. This time, we will dive deeper into levera…

Introduction If you’ve ever tried to give a PowerPoint presentation and switch to your desktop to do a demo, you may have noticed that PowerPoint tends to …

We are pleased to announce the public preview of a new Tabular Model Definition Language (TMDL), which offers a human-readable, editable, and collaborative format for Tabular Models.

Welcome to the Power BI April 2023 Monthly Update! We are happy to announce that Power BI Desktop is fully supported on Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop) and Windows 365. This month, we have updates to the Preview feature On-object that was announced last month and dynamic format strings for measures. We have additional features in Reporting, Data Connectivity, Service, Paginated Reports, Mobile, and Visualizations. Read on to explore all we have to offer this month!

An exercise in building a data visualization with ChatGPT writing—and debugging!—the code

With the February and March 2023 Desktop releases comes more features enabling us to enhance our KPI visualisations out of the box. This article talks specifically to the DAX function LINEST() and the new Subtitle and Dividers formatting options. For a simple enhancement, we can add the divider to KPI Cards, without title and subtitle,… Continue reading KPI trend indicators on Core Visuals

You can pin your workspaces on top of the list. And unpin them anytime as needed. This functionality enables you to easily navigate to the workspaces that are most relevant to you without searching through the workspace list.

Learn about the content certification and endorsement in the Power BI service, what it is, and how it can help the adoption of Power BI.

Most of us probably know, but every now and then, I still run into cases where hiding pages in a Power BI report is used for security purposes. Although hiding pages might seem like a security feat…

In this article, we tackle the growing issue of ‘report-specific objects’, dataset measures and tables created to fill specific report visual requirements, why they negatively impact self-service users, and best practices to mitigate this impact.

Learn about Power BI Deployment pipelines, what they are, why do you need them, how they work, and how to set them up.

In this article, we tackle the growing issue of ‘report-specific objects’, dataset measures and tables created to fill specific report visual requirements, why they negatively impact self-service users, and best practices to mitigate this impact.

In today’s data-driven world, organizations seek to harness the vast potential of their data by combining powerful technologies. Azure Synapse Spark, a scalable data processing engine, and Po…

Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code March 2023 Release (1.77)

Enhance your coding with AI-powered suggestions from GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.

Enhance your coding with AI-powered suggestions from GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.

Learn about the Visual Studio Code team's experience and future with GitHub Copilot artificial intelligence

In this article, we tackle the growing issue of ‘report-specific objects’, dataset measures and tables created to fill specific report visual requirements, why they negatively impact self-service users, and best practices to mitigate this impact.

An alternative way to import SharePoint list data into Power BI.

Learn more about delta lakes and how thwy work from Gerhard.

With the February and March 2023 Desktop releases comes more features enabling us to enhance our KPI visualisations out of the box. This article talks specifically to the DAX function LINEST() and the new Subtitle and Dividers formatting options. For a simple enhancement, we can add the divider to KPI Cards, without title and subtitle,… Continue reading KPI trend indicators on Core Visuals

This page presents examples of Vega data visualizations created by Andrzej Leszkiewicz Vega is a declarative language for creating highly customizable interactive visualization designs. Vega … Read More

Power Query everything! Learn how to leverage List.Zip function to solve one of the most common data transformation challenges!

Author: @SuryaJ  is a Program Manager in the Azure Synapse Customer Success Engineering (CSE) team.   Introduction Kusto Query Language (KQL) is a powerful query language to analyse large volumes of structured, semi structured and unstructured (Free Text) data. It has inbuilt operators and functions...