Ep 80 – December 2018 Power BI Desktop Update

This is episode 80 recorded on December 17th, 2018 where John & Jason talk about last update to Power BI Desktop in 2018 including features like Smart guides for aligning objects on a page & the preview of Live connect support for Q&A.

Show Notes

Reporting

• Smart guides for aligning objects on a page
• ArcGIS Maps for Power BI updates
• Fields list accessibility support
• Set tab order for objects on a page
• Tooltips for button visuals
• Updated icons for “Visual interactions”

Analytics

• Live connect support for Q&A (preview)

Modeling

• DAX formula bar updates
• Data view accessibility support

Custom visuals

• BIpm: Interactive directed flow graph

Data connectivity

• AtScale connector (Beta)
• Oracle Essbase connector (Beta)

Data preparation

• Fuzzy merge – support for Top N best matches

Other

• High contrast support for all panes and report footer
• Updated keyboard shortcuts dialog

Useful links

November 2018 Power BI Desktop Update