Category: Microsoft Power BI

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . As of September 1st only API 1.2 and above will be supported. What does this mean for you as a custom visual developer? The absolute majority of custom visuals are built on top of API version 1.2 and above, however, if you have an older version of your custom visual that was built using tools published earlier than September 2016, they may be using deprecated APIs. You can verify the API version of your visual by looking at the pbiviz.json file at the "apiVersion" property. What should you do? ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . If you are following the Power BI blog on a regular basis, you probably have noticed the Power BI APIs and cmdlets announcement for administrators, which introduced a set of APIs and cmdlets to work with workspaces, dashboards, reports, datasets, and so forth in Power BI. But there is much more to this than could be covered in a brief announcement. For starters, the management cmdlets are not just for administrators; they are also for Power BI users and developers. This article takes a closer look to show you ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Bringing all Power Platform community together for collaboration, networking and hands-on learning opportunities You're invited to join Microsoft at Power Summit Phoenix, held October 15-18 in Phoenix, AZ at the Phoenix Convention Center. Hosted by the Power Platform User Groups, this inaugural event blends special access to Microsoft leadership with credible peer-to-peer knowledge exchange. Power Summit sessions are specialized to meet the needs of Business Users, Analysts, Administrators and Developers. Access to the Team Members of the Flow, PowerApps and Power BI will all be at Power Summit in ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Today we are excited to announce the release of the Power BI Performance Management solution template for Azure Application Insights. This release brings comprehensive telemetry data into the growing suite of Power BI monitoring solutions including the Azure Activity Log Analytics template. All you need to get started is an Azure subscription with an existing Application Insights instance. Behind the scenes, in a matter of minutes, our installer will configure and provision all the resources required to deliver your Application Insights monitoring analytics on top of Power BI’s visualization ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Today, I’m excited to announce the public preview of a new workspace experience in Power BI. The new workspace experience is designed to enable enterprises to easily manage Power BI content at scale. Note: The public preview is starting to roll out this week and will be enabled for all users by Saturday 8/11/2018. When we introduced App Workspaces in May of 2017, we focused on the importance of enabling a data-driven culture, so business users can make better, faster, data-driven decisions. We’ve seen Power BI apps take off, ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Our August release is filled with features that address some of the top requests we’ve heard from users. The most exciting of which is our Export to PDF feature which is geared towards our #1 feature request on UserVoice, printing in Power BI Desktop. We also have an exciting update for data scientists and statisticians with our new Python integration. Here’s the complete list of August updates: Reporting Analytics Modeling Custom visuals Data connectivity For a summary of the major updates, you can watch the following video: We’ve heard ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Proficiency in Power BI is rapidly becoming a highly sought-after skill in today’s data driven business environment. The Power BI World Tour will provide users with an incredible learning opportunity to gain the skills necessary for success in a highly competitive marketplace. Don't miss the opportunity to get involved, select the city nearest you: Melbourne, Australia | August 21 – 22, 2018 Sydney, Australia | August 28 – 29, 2018 Charlotte, North Carolina | August 28 – 29, 2018 Copenhagen, Denmark | September 11 – 12, 2018 Seattle, Washington ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Join Charles Sterling and Reid Havens, local favorite and Power BI User Group leader, as they cover building a KPI scorecard with custom visuals in Power BI.  They will show us that knowing the right visuals or DAX to build out a high-level scorecard report can be challenging. Learn about some great custom visuals in conjunction with DAX calculations to build out a quality scorecard template to use in your business.  Where: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Webinars-and-Video-Gallery/Building-a-KPI-Scorecard-with-Custom-Vis... When: 8/16/18 10:00 AM Reid Havens About the presenter: Reid is the Founder of Havens Consulting Inc. He has a ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Join Charles Sterling and one of the Power BI, PowerApps and Flow MVPs Daniel Christian (a triple crown awardee!) as Daniel covers how PowerApps and PowerBI can provide school teachers the apps with reports. Session Abstract: Education should be the #1 priority and school teachers should be provided all the tools they need. PowerApps, Flow and Power BI can be part of those tools. In this webinar Daniel Christian, Microsoft MVP will demonstrate how his educational app and report can help school teachers monitor the performance of their students ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . This blog post covers the latest updates for Power BI Developers community. Don’t forget to check out the June blog post, if you haven’t done so already.   Here is the list of July updates for Embedded Analytics... Embed capabilities Programmatic control on visual header   Developer tools New Power BI developer center   Power BI Embedded in Azure Power BI Embedded available in China Cloud       Embed capabilities Programmatic control on visual header Visual headers contain the action bar of a visual, displaying the user all ... Read More