We got some new updates for the DAX Query view in Power BI Desktop that take it to a whole other level! Patrick shows you how you can start using it with models in the service and more! Power BI July 2024 Feature Summary https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-july-2024-feature-summary/#post-27650-_Toc1615654178
No need to create a custom event hub when leveraging eventstreams in Microsoft Fabric. Just create a custom endpoint instead! Patrick shows you how. Add custom endpoint source to an eventstream https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/real-time-intelligence/event-streams/add-source-custom-app?pivots=enhanced-capabilities
Want to know how to make sure you see the latest data when using Direct Lake in your Power BI semantic models? Patrick shows you two options you have and looks at the concept of reframing. Direct Lake https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/get-started/direct-lake-overview
Do you have on-premises data like a SQL Server? Want to leverage a pipeline within Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric? Patrick shows you have to get going and set that up! How to access on-premises data sources in Data Factory for Microsoft Fabric https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/data-factory/how-to-access-on-premises-data
We've had subscriptions in Power BI for a while but you were limited to just email. NOW you can deliver your subscriptions to OneDrive or SharePoint Online! Patrick shows you how! Deliver report Subscriptions to OneDrive and SharePoint (Preview) https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/deliver-report-subscriptions-to-onedrive-sharepoint-preview/ Send large report subscriptions to OneDrive SharePoint (Preview) https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/paginated-reports/paginated-reports-onedrive-sharepoint
You don't want to give your users access to OneLake or the Lakehouse/Warehouse directly, but you still want to use Power BI Direct Lake in Microsoft Fabric. Patrick shows you a way to get this done! Direct Lake Overview https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/get-started/direct-lake-overview
Your Power BI Report consumers are probably using the Power BI Mobile app. Have you set up a layout for mobile? Patrick shows you how to quickly create a layout with 1 click! Automatic mobile layout creation https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/create-reports/power-bi-create-mobile-optimized-report-mobile-layout-view?tabs=powerbi-desktop#automatic-mobile-layout-creation
Have a measure that you want to format as a string in Power BI? But then the sorting doesn't work on it? What do you do? You can't sort by column with Measures. Patrick shows you how you can leverage Dynamic Formatting! Create dynamic format strings for measures https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-dynamic-format-strings Zoe Douglas: https://twitter.com/datazoepowerbi https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoedouglas-data/ Phil Seamark: [...]
With Power Query being available for Power BI Paginated reports in Report Builder, you can now do something that was very hard to do in the past. Patrick shows you what's new! Get data with Power Query available in Power BI Report Builder (Preview) https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/get-data-with-power-query-available-in-power-bi-report-builder-preview/ Connect to Snowflake, Databricks, and others with Power Query Online [...]
Don't ignore Dual Mode! If you are leveraging DirectQuery and Import in your Power BI semantic model, you could have some performance problems you aren't aware of. Patrick shows you what's going on!
