Category: Microsoft Power BI

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . We have an exciting release this month. On top of incremental improvements for several of our recent released features, such as the key influencers visual and our new filter pane, we also have a new performance analyzer pane. This new pane lets you get a behind the scenes view of what’s happening when your report is loading, which can help you optimize your report and improve your end user’s experience. Here’s the complete list of May updates: Reporting Analytics Modeling Visualizations Data connectivity Other For a summary of the ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Microsoft Business Applications Summit June 10 – 11  in Atlanta, Georgia is almost here and you have one more reason to attend year…A chance to meet the community super stars.  We know, one of the primary reasons people go to conferences is to meet the presenters.  And at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit (MBAS), we have an entire “Ask the Experts” experience to make this easy to meet Microsoft full time employees…but what about community folks like MVPs, Authors and Industry experts? We have created a community lounge and will be scheduling a ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Now that tax season is over, are you ready to see how your contributions are helping the government run?  As it did in and 2018,  USAFacts  published a 10-K Report using Microsoft Power BI to show a comprehensive view of US federal, state and local governments’ revenues and expenditures. The not-for-profit, non-partisan institute—funded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer— dug through how much we Americans earn and spend at the governmental level. The data comes from multiple government sources, including the Treasury Department, Office of Management and Budget, Bureau of Economic ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . We can’t wait for Microsoft Business Applications Summit this year – and it’s almost here! Coming to Atlanta, Georgia June 10 – 11, this is your chance to get hands-on with your favorite tools, go one-on-one with experts and engineers, and collaborate with our vibrant community of data drivers. Why Attend? Top 10 reasons to join us in June. Learn more about Microsoft’s end-to-end business applications, break down silos, and drive digital transformation through an adaptable approach that works with – and for – you.  Build your skills onsite and start your transformation straight away. 16 pre-days and 150+ sessions. Get hands-on in ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . We’re happy to announce one of our most commonly requested features for custom connector support in Power BI – Trusted Third Party Connectors. As it stands today, the only way that you can use a connector with the ‘Recommended’ security setting is for it to be signed and distributed by Microsoft. Unfortunately, this stops a lot of legitimate connectors from being used safely–any time you want to use a connector that you’ve built and trust securely, if you don’t go through us, you’re unable to use it. To solve ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . April was packed full of new capabilities for Power BI. Thank you for the ongoing support and feedback – we couldn’t have done it without you. Here’s a quick rundown of everything we announced last month: Power BI dataflows GA We announced that Power BI dataflows are generally available. Dataflows are used to ingest, transform, integrate, and enrich big data by defining data source connections, ETL logic, refresh schedules, and more. In addition, the new model-driven calculation engine that’s part of dataflows makes the process of data preparation more manageable, ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . The Power Platform User Groups (Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow) are excited to announce that they have added another stop to the Power Platform World Tour – They are headed to beautiful Vienna, Austria! We have several other stops planned in 2019 such as: Where would you like to see us go next? Submit your request here and we’ll do our best to get it added to the list of World Tour Stops. What can you expect at Power Platform World Tour? The theme of this year’s Power Platform ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . We are happy to announce that we have just released the May update for the On-premises data gateway (version 3000.5.185). Here are some of the things that we would like to highlight with this month’s release: Gateway Performance Monitoring (Public Preview) Amazon Redshift Refresh via the on-premises data gateway May version of the mashup engine Gateway Performance Monitoring (Public Preview) We are excited to release this new feature for monitoring gateway usage and performance. Traditionally, for monitoring performance, gateway admins have had to depend on manually monitoring performance counters ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Back in September of last year, we announced Note: If it’s your first time using the commenting feature in the Power BI, you will see a quick tutorial. Dismiss it to access the pane. If there are any existing comments for your report, you will see them already populated in the pane. You can reply to an ongoing conversation or start a new one! The entry point is also in the action bar in the mobile app. When you open a report, you will notice the comment icon in the ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . For the fifth week in a row, we’re pleased to announce two new features on “New Feature Friday” for Paginated Reports in Power BI.  We’ve added support for two new data sources, Oracle and Teradata, and also added the ability to schedule your e-mail subscriptions on an hourly basis. Oracle and Teradata Now Supported We added Oracle and Teradata data source support to Power BI Report Builder in early April so report authors could connect directly and begin creating reports with these popular data sources.  Now, you can publish ... Read More