New blog articles in Microsoft Power BI Community

Meet Datanaut Appleta Patel

Jessica — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:57:37 GMT

This week we announced some of the community events you can expect at the Microsoft Data Insights Summit next week, and debuted the Datanauts, a collection of space defenders representing Excel, PowerApps, Flow, and Power BI.

Today, meet Appleta Patel.

Meet Datanaut Xander Cell

Jessica — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:05:09 GMT

Yesterday we announced some of the community events you can expect at the Microsoft Data Insights Summit next week, and debuted the Datanauts, a collection of space defenders representing Excel, PowerApps, Flow, and Power BI.

Today, meet Xander Cell.

First look at Power BI Report Server

darogael — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:46:56 GMT

Power BI Report Server Preview was made available early May 2017 and this blog walks you through the installation, configuration and ends with a demo. The demo video shows how a report can built and added to the Power BI Report Server.

Live from Seattle! Watch the Microsoft Data Insights Summit keynotes and featured sessions

Jessica — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:27:26 GMT

Can't make it to Microsoft Data Insights Summit? We’ll bring the conference to you!

We’re livestreaming our three keynotes and nine of our most popular breakout sessions, June 12–13, 2017 so you can learn alongside attendees. As Microsoft’s conference for business analysts, the Microsoft Data Insights Summit is filled with strong technical content to help you build a data culture at your organization.

See the full livestream schedule in this post. Mark your calendar and get ready to transform the way you work!

Reminder: custom visuals moved to the Office store. Gallery deprecation on 5/31

tzvikei — Tue, 23 May 2017 08:26:14 GMT

Reminder that the current custom visuals gallery will be deprecated on 5/31. from that date, custom visuals will only be available to download from the Office store.

Any custom visuals that was downloaded from the gallery will still be working in Power BI

Creating Slopegraphs in Power BI

deldersveld — Mon, 22 May 2017 16:21:22 GMT

Did you know that it's easy to transform Power BI's Line Chart into a Slopegraph? No DAX or fancy workarounds are required. Slopegraphs are a great way to judge the rate and magnitude of change by looking at the steepness of a line’s slope. With a slopegraph, it is also easier to discern how different elements or categories trend compared to others.

Write an external blog? Join the Power BI Blogroll!

Jessica — Fri, 19 May 2017 18:39:45 GMT

Last week we launched the Power BI Blogroll! It's a place for external bloggers to share the best of their own posts, and for readers to stay on top of what folks from around the world are saying about Power BI. Read on to learn more about the blogroll and how you can participate...

Extracting Report Level measures DAX using SQL Profiler output

XLGeek — Tue, 16 May 2017 00:01:44 GMT

In the May 2017 release of Power BI Desktop a new ‘report measures’ feature was released. It allows users who have connected Power BI Desktop to an external Analysis Services tabular model to write their own measures using DAX. These measures are stored within the report, and sent in the queries back to the underlying model. Any user who has access to query the model can do this – just the same as if they were using Excel or SQL Management Studio to connect to the SSAS server.

Don’t forget to submit your Power BI Pride 2017 videos

Jessica — Wed, 10 May 2017 16:28:12 GMT

Don’t forget to submit your Power BI Pride 2017 videos – the deadline is quickly approaching (due: May 14, 2017).

Join Alberto Cairo at the Microsoft Data Insights Summit to Explore the Different Dimensions of Data

Jessica — Tue, 02 May 2017 19:45:52 GMT

Known for his award-winning global achievements in infographics and multimedia as a professor, author, journalist and designer, we are excited to welcome data visualization expert Alberto Cairo back to the Microsoft Data Insights Summit, taking place June 12-13, 2017 in Seattle. This year Alberto will provide a special guest keynote focused on the different dimensions of data visualization and how to entice your audience to engage with your information.

SSRS like traffic light indicators in Power BI

ankitpatira — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:07:55 GMT

As I remember managers used to love SSRS reports for their availability of traffic light indicators which are useful way of measuring KPIs, trends etc. During my recent Power BI engagements with clients I have been asked few times if similar can be achieved in Power BI and my answer to that was, yes by pinning SSRS reports into Power BI which is essentially using SSRS and only with version 2016 but during the process I also discovered alternative approach which I want to highlight below.

Want to create dynamic visuals that make your analysis really stand out? Then use this technique...

EnterpriseDNA — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:41:17 GMT

Through utilizing the flexibility of the Power BI data model and the power of DAX you can develop some unbelievably compelling visuals and reports. I'm going to take you through the steps you need to take to make this work well, so that you can create reports like this....I call this technique MULTI THREADED DYNAMIC VISUALS

Meet 1:1 with a Microsoft expert at Microsoft Data Insights Summit - book your appointment today!

Jessica — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:49:13 GMT

Learn how to get the most from your data — and the Microsoft tools you use every day — at the Microsoft Data Insights Summit, the company’s user conference for business analysts. Now in its second year, the event is packed with strong technical content, hands-on workshops, and a great lineup of speakers. And back by popular demand, you can now book an appointment with a Microsoft expert with our recently launched online Schedule Builder.

Power BI Language Translation Quality Forum!

Mira — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:24:13 GMT

Hi, everyone!

Are you an avid user of Power BI products? Are you passionate about your language's quality? If so, a new forum (Power BI Language Quality) will allow you report and discuss language quality issues. You can also ask about Power BI Localization team, their processes and product languages. Your feedback will help us improve localization experience of Power BI products!

The list of supported languages are described in Power BI documentation.

How to report language translation issues for Power BI on this forum (https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-BI-Language-Translation/bd-p/PBI_Lingusitic_Quality )?

Post your translation issue in the group & include the following information

Power BI Product/App/Service Name:

Language affected:

Current Translation:

Steps to reproduce the error:

Suggested Translation:

Corresponding English Text (if known):

Reason for change:

Please attach a screenshot of the issue to the post if available.

Platform if known.

Power BI Free vs Pro Infographic

guavaq — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 00:01:00 GMT

I have created an Infographic where you can view which options are free and which options require a Pro license.

This will hopefully make it easier to understand if you use a particular option, if it will require a Pro license.

Power BI Governance - Spanish Article

gastoncruz — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 23:08:40 GMT

Desarrollando Gobernabilidad en Proyectos

Part four: Building a full Power BI data model from the Trello data

factgasm — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 21:34:30 GMT

The previous blogs in this series showed how to put Power BI on top of Trello. Now we go for the jugular ad build a full-on data model.

Part 3: Building a Power BI Data Model with Trello data

factgasm — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:09:30 GMT

Once Power BI is connected to Trello, it then needs to look at the actual Trello cards. Here's how.

Learn how to “think like a Freak” with Freakonomics authors at Microsoft Data Insights Summit

Jessica — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:41:39 GMT

With more than 5 million copies sold in 40 countries, Freakonomics is a worldwide phenomenon — and we’re thrilled to announce that authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner will join us for a special guest keynote at Microsoft Data Insights Summit, taking place June 12–13, 2017 in Seattle.

New Power BI Custom Visual – PlayAxis

mprozil — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 19:32:12 GMT

The new PlayAxis custom visual for Power BI will animate your report and its visuals without any user interaction.
It is perfect to show your reports without having to click every time you want to change the values of a filter and it is also great for when you want to see trends or look for patterns in your data. Just click "play" and focus on how data is evolving.