Episode 52 – Power BI Desktop June update

This is episode 52 recorded on June 7th 2018… where John & Jason talk about the new Power BI Desktop update & the role of Power BI Desktop.

Power BI Desktop June Update

Reporting

• High contrast support for reports
• Donut radius control
• Pie and donut detail labels position control
• Format data labels separately for each measure in a combo chart
• Longer phone reports

Custom Visuals

• Organization Chart
• China Heat Map

Modeling

• Filtering and sorting in data view
• Improved locale formatting

Data Connectivity

• SAP BusinessWarehouse connector improvements
• New driver and improved performance
• Improved support for hierarchy variables
• Spark connector now supports Windows Authentication
• OData V4 connector enhancements
• ODBC connector improvements
• Folding support for Top Rows
• Ability to filter navigation by DSN catalog

Other

• National cloud selector

Previous Power BI Desktop Update – May