Episode 150: June Power BI Desktop Update

This is episode 150, our sesquicentennial episode, recorded on June 17, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the June 2020 Power BI Desktop Update including Enhancements to mobile layout authoring, changes to the Hierarchy slicer, and Model view enabled for live connect.

Show Notes

Reporting

• Enhancements to mobile layout authoring
  • New phone emulator
  • Updated visualization pane
  • Support for overlaid visuals
• Automatic page refresh is now generally available
• Hierarchical slicer is now generally available
  • New options for expand/collapse icons
  • Icons now scale with font size
  • Ability to customize indentation for child items
  • Supported with AI visuals
• Modern ribbon is now generally available
• RLS is now supported for Featured Tables in Excel’s Data Types gallery

Analytics

• AI insights are now generally available

Visualizations

• Line chart dot formatting options
• Radar chart by MAQ Software
• ValQ for Modern Visual Planning
• Advanced Trellis by xViz
• Updates to Gantt chart by xViz
• Updates to Cards with States by OKViz

Template apps

• Agile HR Analytics
• Uber User Data Report

Modeling

• Model view enabled for live connect (preview)
• Updates to Model view

Data connectivity

• Palantir Foundry connector

Other

• New Power BI trainings

User Voice Picks

Jason

No alignment options available in card visual.

Alignment option like (Center, Left or Right) is not available for data in card visual.

John

Page/Tab Level Security

Row level security makes it hard to hide EVERYTHING from a specific user login having the page/Tab secuirty within Power BI for different user Login would be very helpful

For Example: something like USERPRINCIPALNAME() which would be dynamic for different user login to hide and show pages that would act as Page/Tab Level Security.