Power BI Desktop April Update

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New features in the Power BI April 2016 update include:

REPORT VIEW:

  • Additional styles on a table, matrix and multi-row card
  • Trend lines on single visuals
  • New drill action – See Records
  • Map auto-zoom during drill/filter
  • In-line hierarchy labels for expanded view (Preview)

DATA MODELING:

  • Modelling operations not blocked while visuals refreshing
  • Time Intelligence with built-in date hierarchy fields (Preview)
  • Data model synonyms

DATA CONNECTIVITY:

  • Query Parameters
  • Power BI Template files
  • New “Online Services” category in Get Data dialog
  • New Connectors:
    • SharePoint Folder
    • Webtrends
    • SparkPost
    • tyGraph
  • Conditional Columns
  • DirectQuery – Specify DirectQuery vs. Import mode in data source dialogs
  • Column type indicator in Query Editor preview column headers
  • Reorder Queries and Query Groups via Drag & Drop gestures
  • Query Management menu in the ribbon

Feature Focus

Trend lines-

You can now enable trend lines on scatter, column, bubble, area, combo, and line charts making it easier for users to see the trajectory of the trends in their data. To enable trend lines, select an acceptable visualization and then navigate to the formatting tab below the visualizations section. Select “On” for trend lines.

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Data Model Synonyms-

Power BI Desktop now lets you add or edit synonyms for the data model. This feature will greatly improve your experience with Q&A on PowerBI.com. To view, add, or edit synonyms, navigate to the relationships section then select modeling – > synonyms.

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Power BI Template files-

This feature will allow users to access the Power BI data model, queries, and report but not the actual data. This could be useful in some situations that require data anonymization. To use this feature, select file – > export -> Power BI template which will generate a .pbit file.

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Conditional Columns-

The last feature we would like to highlight in this post is conditional columns. Previously, if a user wanted to implement categories or group ranges according to numeric values in a calculated column, knowledge of the DAX programming language was required. Now, users can easily add conditional columns by setting rules and output values through the interface.

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For more information about a particular feature, read more details on the Power BI blog site here- https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-april-update-feature-summary/

Images and some text from this post was taken from the link mentioned above.

 

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